Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
Address
90 Besgrove Street, ROSEBUD 3939
Postal
Private Bag 1000, ROSEBUD 3939
Tel
1300 850 600
Fax
03 5986 6696
custserv@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Website
Municipality Profile
The Mornington Peninsula Shire is a boot-shaped promotory separating Port Phillip and Western Port Bays, over 40 kms to the south east of Melbourne. It is almost surrounded by the sea, with coastal boundaries of over 190 kilometres. It is a mixture of urban areas, resort towns, tourist development and rural land.
The Peninsula is one of the major holiday and retirement areas for Melbourne. It includes the industrial and port area of Hastings, as well as natural attractions like Cape Schanck and Point Nepean National Park.
The main industries include iron and steel manufacturing, building construction.
Localities
Arthurs Seat, Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Baxter, Bittern, Blairgowrie, Boneo, Cape Schanck, Crib Point, Dromana, Fingal, Flinders, Hastings, HMAS Cerberus, Kunyung, Main Ridge, McCrae, Merricks, Merricks Beach, Merricks North, Moorooduc, Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha, Pearcedale, Point Leo, Portsea, Red Hill, Red Hill South, Rosebud, Rosebud West, Rye, Safety Beach, Shoreham, Somers, Somerville, Sorrento, St Andrews Beach, Tootgarook, Tuerong and Tyabb.
For a detailed map showing shire boundaries and locality names, visit
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Area
723 sq km
Population
Estimated Resident Population
 | Total | 0-17 | 18-34 | 35-64 | 65+ |
| 2006 | 140,849 | 23% | 18% | 40% | 19% |
| 2007 | 142,659 | 23% | 18% | 41% | 20% |
| 2016 | 156,998 | 19% | 20% | 39% | 22% |
2006 & 2007 - Australian Bureau of Statistics - ABS Census 2006 (and updates).
2016 - DSE, Victoria in Future 2004 – Projections based on 2001 Census.
Elections
Mornington Peninsula Shire is a subdivided municipality consisting of 11 wards and 11 councillors.
Councillors are elected through preferential voting.
From November 2008 general council elections, all Victorian councillors serve a four year term.
The council's next independent Electoral Representation Review is scheduled to be conducted prior to the 2016 elections.
Visit the Victorian Electoral Commission for more elections details.
Councillors
11 Councillors elected in Nov 2008.
Balcombe - Cr Anne Shaw (Mayor)
Cerberus - Cr Reade Smith
Kangerong - Cr Graham Pittock
Mornington - Cr Bev Colomb
Mount Eliza - Cr Leigh Eustace
Nepean - Cr Tim Rodgers
Red Hill - Cr Frank Martin
Rosebud - Cr David Gibb
Rye - Cr Bill Goodrem
Truemans - Cr Susan Beveridge
Watsons - Cr Lynn Bowden
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Michael Kennedy
Finances
| Recurrent Income | VGC Grants | Rates Income | % Income from rates |
| 2005/06 | $ 118.257 M | $ 6.033 M | $ 70.982 M | 60% |
| 2006/07 | $ 125.390 M | $ 5.793 M | $ 76.754 M | 61% |
| 2007/08 | $ 132.505 M | $ 5.567 M | $ 83.942 M | 63% |
Map Source: Maps prepared by the Victorian Electoral Commission using Vicmap spatial data provided by the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
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