Shire of Mornington Peninsula

This article is about the local government area. For information on the landform, see Mornington Peninsula. For the wine region, see Mornington Peninsula (wine).

Local government area in Victoria, Australia

Mornington Peninsula Shire
Victoria

Population| 168,948 (2021)[1] (40th)
• Density| 233.35/km2 (604.4/sq mi)
Established| 1994
Area| 724 km2 (279.5 sq mi)[1]
Mayor| Cr Anthony Marsh [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:

Port Phillip | Frankston | Casey
Port Phillip | Mornington Peninsula Shire | Western Port
Bass Strait | Bass Strait | Bass Strait

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

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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

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### Current composition

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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

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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  |

## Election results

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### 2024

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne § Mornington Peninsula results.[edit]

2024 Victorian local elections: Mornington Peninsula Party  | Votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change

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| 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

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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

## See also

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* List of Melbourne suburbs, for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities
* Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve

## References

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1. ^ 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.
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.

## External links

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* 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
* Interactive map of Victorian local government areas (pre-1994 vs present) \- Victorian Government - Digital Twin Victoria

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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

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Local government areas of Victoria

Current|

| Greater Melbourne region|

| Inner Melbourne|

* Melbourne
* Port Phillip
* Stonnington
* Yarra

|

Metropolitan|

* Banyule
* Bayside
* Boroondara
* Brimbank
* Darebin
* Glen Eira
* Hobsons Bay
* Kingston
* Manningham
* Maribyrnong
* Maroondah
* Merri-bek
* Monash
* Moonee Valley
* Whitehorse

Outer Metropolitan|

* Cardinia
* Casey
* Frankston
* Greater Dandenong
* Hume
* Knox
* Melton
* Mornington Peninsula
* Nillumbik
* Whittlesea
* Wyndham
* Yarra Ranges

Barwon South West region|

* Colac Otway
* Corangamite
* Glenelg
* Greater Geelong
* Moyne
* Queenscliffe
* Southern Grampians
* Surf Coast
* Warrnambool

Gippsland region|

* Bass Coast
* Baw Baw
* East Gippsland
* Latrobe
* South Gippsland
* Wellington

Grampians region|

* Ararat
* Ballarat
* Golden Plains
* Hepburn
* Hindmarsh
* Horsham
* Moorabool
* Northern Grampians
* Pyrenees
* West Wimmera
* Yarriambiack

Hume region|

* Alpine
* Benalla
* Greater Shepparton
* Indigo
* Mansfield
* Mitchell
* Moira
* Murrindindi
* Strathbogie
* Towong
* Wangaratta
* Wodonga

Loddon Mallee region|

* Buloke
* Campaspe
* Central Goldfields
* Gannawarra
* Greater Bendigo
* Loddon
* Macedon Ranges
* Mildura
* Mount Alexander
* Swan Hill

Unincorporated areas|

* Elizabeth Island
* Falls Creek
* French Island
* Gabo Island
* Lady Julia Percy Island
* Lake Mountain
* Mount Baw Baw
* Mount Buller
* Mount Hotham
* Mount Stirling
* Sandstone Island

Former|

| Greater Melbourne region|

| Inner Melbourne|

* Collingwood
* Fitzroy
* Malvern
* Port Melbourne
* Prahran
* Richmond
* South Melbourne
* St Kilda

|

Metropolitan|

* Altona
* Box Hill
* Brighton
* Broadmeadows
* Brunswick
* Camberwell
* Caulfield
* Coburg
* Diamond Valley (S)
* Doncaster & Templestowe
* Essendon
* Footscray
* Hawthorn
* Heidelberg
* Keilor
* Kew
* Moorabbin
* Northcote
* Nunawading
* Sandringham
* Sunshine
* Oakleigh
* Preston
* Williamstown
* Waverley

Outer Metropolitan|

* Berwick
* Bulla (S)
* Chelsea
* Cranbourne
* Croydon
* Dandenong
* Eltham (S)
* Flinders (S)
* Frankston (former)
* Hastings (S)
* Healesville (S)
* Lillydale (S)
* Mordialloc
* Mornington (S)
* Pakenham (S)
* Ringwood
* Sherbrooke (S)
* Springvale
* Upper Yarra (S)

Barwon South West region|

* Bannockburn
* Barrabool
* Belfast
* Bellarine (RC)
* Camperdown (T)
* Colac, City of
* Colac, Shire of
* Corio
* Dundas
* Geelong
* Geelong West
* Glenelg (former)
* Hamilton
* Hampden
* Heytesbury
* Heywood
* Koroit (B)
* Minhamite
* Mortlake
* Mount Rouse
* Newtown
* Otway
* Port Fairy (B)
* Portland
* South Barwon
* Wannon
* Warrnambool
* Winchelsea

Gippsland region|

* Alberton
* Avon
* Bairnsdale, City of
* Bairnsdale, Shire of
* Bass
* Buln Buln
* Korumburra
* Maffra
* Mirboo
* Moe
* Morwell
* Narracan
* Omeo
* Orbost
* Phillip Island
* Rosedale
* Sale
* South Gippsland (former)
* Tambo
* Traralgon, City of
* Traralgon, Shire of
* Warragul (RC)
* Wonthaggi (B)
* Woorayl

Grampians region|

* Arapiles
* Ararat, City of
* Ararat, Shire of
* Avoca
* Bacchus Marsh
* Ballaarat, City of
* Ballan
* Ballarat, Shire of
* Bungaree
* Buninyong
* Creswick
* Daylesford and Glenlyon
* Dimboola
* Dunmunkle
* Grenville
* Horsham
* Kaniva
* Kara Kara
* Karkarooc
* Kowree
* Leigh
* Lexton
* Lowan
* Ripon
* Sebastopol (B)
* St Arnaud (T)
* Stawell, City of
* Stawell, Shire of
* Talbot and Clunes
* Warracknabeal
* Wimmera

Hume region|

* Alexandra
* Beechworth
* Benalla, City of
* Benalla, Shire of
* Bright
* Broadford
* Chiltern
* Cobram
* Delatite
* Euroa
* Goulburn
* Kilmore
* Mansfield (former)
* McIvor
* Myrtleford
* Nathalia
* Numurkah
* Oxley
* Pyalong
* Rodney
* Rutherglen
* Seymour (RC)
* Shepparton, City of
* Shepparton, Shire of
* Tallangatta
* Tungamah
* Upper Murray
* Violet Town
* Wangaratta, City of
* Wangaratta, Shire of
* Waranga
* Yackandandah
* Yarrawonga
* Yea

Loddon Mallee region|

* Bendigo
* Bet Bet
* Birchip
* Castlemaine
* Charlton
* Cohuna
* Deakin
* Donald
* Eaglehawk (B)
* East Loddon
* Echuca
* Gisborne
* Gordon
* Huntly
* Kerang, Borough of (B)
* Kerang, Shire of
* Korong
* Kyabram (T)
* Kyneton
* Maldon
* Marong (RC)
* Maryborough
* Metcalfe
* Mildura, City of
* Mildura, Shire of
* Newham and Woodend
* Newstead
* Rochester
* Romsey
* Strathfieldsaye
* Swan Hill, City of
* Swan Hill, Shire of
* Tullaroop
* Walpeup
* Wycheproof

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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