Shire of Mornington Peninsula

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.<ref name=ABSLGA/>

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.<ref name="VPhast2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.

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”.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Council

Current composition

Template:Victoria LGA ward map The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the 2024 council election:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Beek Beek	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Kate Roper
Benbenjie	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Max Patton
Briars	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Anthony Marsh	Mayor
Brokil	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Patrick Binyon
Coolart	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	David Gill
Kackeraboite	Template:Australian party style|	Independent Liberal	Stephen Batty
Moorooduc	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Bruce Ranken
Nepean	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Andrea Allen
Tanti	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Paul Pingiaro	Deputy Mayor
Tootgarook	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Cam Williams
Warringine	Template:Australian party style|	Independent	Michael Stephens

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity	394	414
Template:VICcity	2,270	2,371
Template:VICcity	418	471
Template:VICcity	2,162	2,166
Template:VICcity	3,705	4,276
Template:VICcity	2,313	2,786
Template:VICcity	354	314
Template:VICcity	446	569
Template:VICcity	4,930	5,246
Template:VICcity	3,183	3,343
Template:VICcity	5,803	6,626
Template:VICcity	529	637
Template:VICcity	905	1,130
Template:VICcity	9,609	10,369
Template:VICcity	1,040	1,124
Template:VICcity	416	453
Template:VICcity	2,823	3,311
Template:VICcity	190	184
Template:VICcity	127	157
Template:VICcity	426	423
Template:VICcity	1,098	1,004
Template:VICcity	23,989	25,759
Template:VICcity	17,888	18,734
Template:VICcity	18,548	19,846
Template:VICcity^	3,821	3,867
Template:VICcity	158	178
Template:VICcity	510	787
Template:VICcity	924	1,009
Template:VICcity	603	708
Template:VICcity	13,195	14,381
Template:VICcity	8,416	9,438
Template:VICcity	4,821	6,328
Template:VICcity	608	679
Template:VICcity	1,667	1,857
Template:VICcity	11,336	11,767
Template:VICcity	1,592	2,013
Template:VICcity	889	974
Template:VICcity	2,869	3,178
Template:VICcity	354	357
Template:VICcity	3,338	3,449

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See also

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

External links

• Template:Commonscat-inline
• Mornington Peninsula Shire web site
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Template:Webarchive
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link