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Shire of Mornington Peninsula

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Mornington Peninsula Shire
Local government area
Official logo of Mornington Peninsula Shire
Map
Interactive map of Mornington Peninsula Shire
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionGreater Melbourne
Established1994
Council seatRosebud
Government
 • MayorCr Anthony Marsh
 • State electorates
 • Federal divisions
Area
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 • Total
724 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population
 • Total168,948 (2021)[2] (40th)
 • Density233.35/km2 (604.4/sq mi)
WebsiteMornington 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. Located to the south of the Melbourne city centre, it covers its namesake Mornington Peninsula, and is headquartered in the suburb of Rosebud. It has an area of 724 square kilometres (280 sq mi) and at the 2021 census it had a population of 168,948.[2]

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.[3]

Mornington Peninsula Shire's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994. The administrative centres of the former LGAs are marked by green dots.

On August 13, 2019, the Shire voted to declare a climate emergency in response to other similar declarations from councils around Australia. This declaration was later overturned by a motion in April 2025, which passed with a 6–5 vote.[4]

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”.[5]

Council

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Current composition

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Map
2024 ward boundaries. Expand the map and click on a ward to see the ward name.

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the 2024 council election:[6]

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Beek Beek   Independent Kate Roper
Benbenjie   Independent Max Patton
Briars   Independent Liberal 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
  Independent 90,460 82.86 10 Decrease 1
  Independent Liberal 10,013 9.17 1 Increase 1
  Independent Labor 5,864 5.37 0 Steady
  Greens 2,026 1.86 0 Steady
  Victorian Socialists 811 0.74 0 Steady
 Formal votes 109,174 97.01
 Informal votes 3,360 2.99
 Total 112,534 100.00 11 Steady
 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[7]

Population
Locality20162021
Arthurs Seat394414
Balnarring2,2702,371
Balnarring Beach418471
Baxter2,1622,166
Bittern3,7054,276
Blairgowrie2,3132,786
Boneo354314
Cape Schanck446569
Capel Sound4,9305,246
Crib Point3,1833,343
Dromana5,8036,626
Fingal529637
Flinders9051,130
Hastings9,60910,369
HMAS Cerberus1,0401,124
Main Ridge416453
McCrae2,8233,311
Merricks190184
Merricks Beach127157
Merricks North426423
Moorooduc1,0981,004
Mornington23,98925,759
Mount Eliza17,88818,734
Mount Martha18,54819,846
Pearcedale^3,8213,867
Point Leo158178
Portsea510787
Red Hill9241,009
Red Hill South603708
Rosebud13,19514,381
Rye8,4169,438
Safety Beach4,8216,328
Shoreham608679
Somers1,6671,857
Somerville11,33611,767
Sorrento1,5922,013
St Andrews Beach889974
Tootgarook2,8693,178
Tuerong354357
Tyabb3,3383,449

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

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References

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  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.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mornington Peninsula (Local Government Areas)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 January 2026. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ "Hastings". Victorian Places. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Preiss, Benjamin (23 April 2025). "Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan". The Age. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  5. ↑ McCullough, Cameron (14 December 2020). "God purged from council 'prayer'". Mornington Peninsula News. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results". VEC. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
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