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).

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: 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.

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.

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”.

Council

Current composition

The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into six wards and eleven Councillors. The six wards are Briars, Cerberus, Nepean, Red Hill, Seawinds and Watson. The current council, as of December 2020, is:

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Briars		Independent	Despi O'Connor
		Independent	Steve Holland
		Independent	Anthony Marsh
Cerberus		Independent	Lisa Dixon
Nepean		Independent	Susan Bissinger	Elected at recount
		Independent	Sarah Race
Red Hill		Independent	David Gill
Seawinds		Independent	Antonella Celi	Deputy Mayor
		Independent	Simon Brooks	Mayor
		Independent	Debra Mar
Watson		Independent	Kate Roper	Elected at recount

Election results

2024

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
	Independent Labor
	Independent Liberal
	Greens
	Victorian Socialists
Formal votes
Informal votes
Total
Registered voters / turnout

Townships and localities

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

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

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

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