Shire of Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Peninsula Shire
Victoria
Mornington Peninsula Shire; Victoria
Population	168,948 (2021) (40th)
• Density	233.35/km2 (604.4/sq mi)
Established	1994
Area	724 km2 (279.5 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Simon Brooks [1]
Council seat	Rosebud
Region	Greater Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Hastings; Mornington; Nepean;
Federal division(s)	Dunkley; Flinders;
Website	Mornington Peninsula Shire
	LGAs around Mornington Peninsula Shire:

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]

History

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]

Council

Current composition

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the 2024 council election:^[4]

Ward		Councillor
Beek Beek	Independent	Kate Roper
Benbenjie	Independent	Max Patton
Briars	Independent	Anthony Marsh
Brokil	Independent	Patrick Binyon
Coolart	Independent	David Gill
Kackeraboite	Liberal	Stephen Batty
Moorooduc	Independent	Bruce Ranken
Nepean	Independent	Andrea Allen
Tanti	Independent	Paul Pingiaro
Tootgarook	Independent	Cam Williams
Warringine	Independent	Michael Stephens

Election results

2024

2024 Victorian local elections: Mornington Peninsula
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Independent	90,460	82.86	10	1
	Independent Liberal	10,013	9.17	1	1
	Independent Labor	5,864	5.37	0
	Greens	2,026	1.86	0
	Victorian Socialists	811	0.74	0
Formal votes		109,174	97.01
Informal votes		3,360	2.99
Total		112,534	100.00	11
Registered voters / turnout		134,819	83.47

Townships and localities

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), Mornington Peninsula Shire has three offices throughout Frankston and Mornington 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
^ "Hastings". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ McCullough, Cameron (14 December 2020). "God purged from council 'prayer'". Mornington Peninsula News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
^ "Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results". VEC. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

External links

Media related to Shire of Mornington Peninsula at Wikimedia Commons
Mornington Peninsula Shire web site
Metlink local public transport map
Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Archived 24 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine

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[ABSLGA-1] "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), Mornington Peninsula Shire has three offices throughout Frankston and Mornington 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.

[VPhast2-2] "Hastings". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[3] McCullough, Cameron (14 December 2020). "God purged from council 'prayer'". Mornington Peninsula News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

[4] "Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results". VEC. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

[5] "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
Geographic	MusicBrainz area

v t e Localities in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula
City	Hastings Mornington Mount Eliza Mount Martha Rosebud Somerville
Town	Arthurs Seat Balnarring Balnarring Beach Baxter Bittern Blairgowrie Boneo Cape Schanck Capel Sound Crib Point Dromana Fingal Flinders HMAS Cerberus Main Ridge McCrae Merricks North Moorooduc Pearcedale^ Portsea Red Hill Red Hill South Rye Safety Beach Shoreham Somers Sorrento St Andrews Beach Tootgarook Tuerong Tyabb
Locality	Merricks Merricks Beach Point Leo
^ - Territory divided with another LGA