The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a local government area in southeastern metropolitan, 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 and at the it had a population of 168,948.
center|thumb|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:
{| class="wikitable"
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!Ward!!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillor!!Notes
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| Beek Beek
| |
| Independent
| Kate Roper
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|-
| Benbenjie
| |
| Independent
| Max Patton
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|-
| 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
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|-
| Tanti
| |
| Independent
| Paul Pingiaro
| Deputy Mayor
|-
| Tootgarook
| |
| Independent
| Cam Williams
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|-
| Warringine
| |
| Independent
| Michael 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
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population
|-
! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021
|-
| || 394 || 414
|-
| || 2,270 || 2,371
|-
| || 418 || 471
|-
| || 2,162 || 2,166
|-
| || 3,705 || 4,276
|-
| || 2,313 || 2,786
|-
| || 354 || 314
|-
| || 446 || 569
|-
| || 4,930 || 5,246
|-
| || 3,183 || 3,343
|-
| || 5,803 || 6,626
|-
| || 529 || 637
|-
| || 905 || 1,130
|-
| || 9,609 || 10,369
|-
| || 1,040 || 1,124
|-
| || 416 || 453
|-
| || 2,823 || 3,311
|-
| || 190 || 184
|-
| || 127 || 157
|-
| || 426 || 423
|-
| || 1,098 || 1,004
|-
| || 23,989 || 25,759
|-
| || 17,888 || 18,734
|-
| || 18,548 || 19,846
|-
| ^ || 3,821 || 3,867
|-
| || 158 || 178
|-
| || 510 || 787
|-
| || 924 || 1,009
|-
| || 603 || 708
|-
| || 13,195 || 14,381
|-
| || 8,416 || 9,438
|-
| || 4,821 || 6,328
|-
| || 608 || 679
|-
| || 1,667 || 1,857
|-
| || 11,336 || 11,767
|-
| || 1,592 || 2,013
|-
| || 889 || 974
|-
| || 2,869 || 3,178
|-
| || 354 || 357
|-
| || 3,338 || 3,449
|}
^ - Territory divided with another LGA<br>
See also
- List of Melbourne suburbs, for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities
- Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
References
External links
- Mornington Peninsula Shire web site
- Metlink local public transport map
- Link to Land Victoria interactive maps