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Shire of Mornington Peninsula

Shire of Mornington Peninsula
FieldValue
nameMornington Peninsula Shire
statevic
imageMelbLGA-MorningtonPeninsula.gif
local_mapyes
zoom9
pop168948
pop_year2021
pop_footnotes
poprank40th
area724
area_footnotes
est1994
seatRosebud
mayorCr Anthony Marsh https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/About-Us/About-Our-Council/Our-Councillors
regionGreater Melbourne
logoMornpen.svg
urlhttp://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au
stategovHastings
stategov2Mornington
stategov3Nepean
fedgovDunkley
fedgov2Flinders
near-nwPort Phillip
near-nFrankston
near-neCasey
near-wPort Phillip
near-eWestern Port
near-swBass Strait
near-sBass Strait
near-seBass Strait

| near-nw = Port Phillip | near-n = Frankston | near-ne = Casey | near-w = Port Phillip | near-e = Western Port | near-sw = Bass Strait | near-s = Bass Strait | near-se = 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 sqkm and at the it had a population of 168,948.

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.

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.

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”.

Council

Current composition

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

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Beek BeekIndependentKate Roper
BenbenjieIndependentMax Patton
BriarsIndependentAnthony Marsh
BrokilIndependentPatrick Binyon
CoolartIndependentDavid Gill
KackeraboiteIndependent LiberalStephen Batty
MoorooducIndependentBruce Ranken
NepeanIndependentAndrea Allen
TantiIndependentPaul Pingiaro
TootgarookIndependentCam Williams
WarringineIndependentMichael Stephens

Election results

2024

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census

PopulationLocality20162021
394414
2,2702,371
418471
2,1622,166
3,7054,276
2,3132,786
354314
446569
4,9305,246
3,1833,343
5,8036,626
529637
9051,130
9,60910,369
1,0401,124
416453
2,8233,311
190184
127157
426423
1,0981,004
23,98925,759
17,88818,734
18,54819,846
^3,8213,867
158178
510787
9241,009
603708
13,19514,381
8,4169,438
4,8216,328
608679
1,6671,857
11,33611,767
1,5922,013
889974
2,8693,178
354357
3,3383,449

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

References

References

  1. {{Census 2021 AUS
  2. (27 March 2019). "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]].
  3. "Hastings".
  4. Preiss, Benjamin. (23 April 2025). "Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan".
  5. (14 December 2020). "God purged from council 'prayer'". Mornington Peninsula News.
  6. "Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results". VEC.
  7. (11 January 2023). "Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
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