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Local government area in Victoria, Australia
The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a local government area in southeastern Metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located to the south of the Melbourne City Centre. It has an area of 724 square kilometres and in June 2018 it had a population of 165,822.[1]
The Mornington Peninsula Shire came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated the previous Shires of Flinders, Hastings and Mornington.[2]
On August 13, 2019, the Shire voted to declare a climate emergency in response to other similar declarations from councils around Australia.
The Shire abolished the 150-year-old tradition of reciting a prayer before Council meetings in December 2020. According to the Australian National Secular Lobby, the Shire was the first council or parliament to be removed from their list of government institutions that impose prayers on elected representatives”.[3]
Current composition[edit]The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the 2024 council election:[4]
Ward Party Councillor Notes Beek Beek Independent Kate Roper Benbenjie Independent Max Patton Briars Independent Anthony Marsh Mayor Brokil Independent Patrick Binyon Coolart Independent David Gill Kackeraboite Independent Liberal Stephen Batty Moorooduc Independent Bruce Ranken Nepean Independent Andrea Allen Tanti Independent Paul Pingiaro Deputy Mayor Tootgarook Independent Cam Williams Warringine Independent Michael Stephens Townships and localities[edit]The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census[5]
Population Locality 2016 2021 Arthurs Seat 394 414 Balnarring 2,270 2,371 Balnarring Beach 418 471 Baxter 2,162 2,166 Bittern 3,705 4,276 Blairgowrie 2,313 2,786 Boneo 354 314 Cape Schanck 446 569 Capel Sound 4,930 5,246 Crib Point 3,183 3,343 Dromana 5,803 6,626 Fingal 529 637 Flinders 905 1,130 Hastings 9,609 10,369 HMAS Cerberus 1,040 1,124 Main Ridge 416 453 McCrae 2,823 3,311 Merricks 190 184 Merricks Beach 127 157 Merricks North 426 423 Moorooduc 1,098 1,004 Mornington 23,989 25,759 Mount Eliza 17,888 18,734 Mount Martha 18,548 19,846 Pearcedale^ 3,821 3,867 Point Leo 158 178 Portsea 510 787 Red Hill 924 1,009 Red Hill South 603 708 Rosebud 13,195 14,381 Rye 8,416 9,438 Safety Beach 4,821 6,328 Shoreham 608 679 Somers 1,667 1,857 Somerville 11,336 11,767 Sorrento 1,592 2,013 St Andrews Beach 889 974 Tootgarook 2,869 3,178 Tuerong 354 357 Tyabb 3,338 3,449^ - Territory divided with another LGA
38°26′S 145°00′E / 38.433°S 145.000°E / -38.433; 145.000
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