Shire of Cardinia

The Shire of Cardinia is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the south-east of Melbourne between Western Port and the Yarra Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It has an area of 1,283 square kilometres, and had a population of 107,120 in June 2018.[1]

Cardinia Shire
Victoria
Population107,120 (2018)[1]
 • Density83.49/km2 (216.24/sq mi)
Established1994
Area1,283 km2 (495.4 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Jeff Springfield
Council seatOfficer
RegionGreater Melbourne
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
WebsiteCardinia Shire
LGAs around Cardinia Shire:
Yarra Ranges Yarra Ranges Yarra Ranges
Casey Cardinia Shire Baw Baw
Mornington Peninsula Bass Coast South Gippsland

Cardinia Shire Council Offices are located in Officer.[2] Prior to 17 November 2014, they were located in Pakenham.

History

The areas within the present-day boundaries of Cardinia Shire were originally parts of the Cranbourne and Berwick districts, which were incorporated in 1860 and 1862 respectively. The Shire of Fern Tree Gully, later Shire of Sherbrooke, split away in 1889 and included areas to the east of Melbourne. In 1973, the City of Berwick, including Berwick and areas closer to Dandenong, split away from the Shire of Berwick, with the remainder being renamed Shire of Pakenham.[3]

The Shire came into being on 15 December 1994 as the result of statewide local government reform, by merging the Shire of Pakenham with rural sections of the Shire of Sherbrooke and City of Cranbourne.[4]

The Shire of Cardinia contains the only area of Melbourne to use telephone numbers beginning with the exchange prefix 5 - this is a leftover from when it used the area code 059-xx xxxx.

Council

Administration

The Council Offices were originally located in Henty Way, Pakenham.[5] On 17 November 2014, the Council moved to a new office on Siding Avenue, Officer, which it uses presently. The Council holds its meetings and all of the administration staff work there.

Libraries

Cardinia Shire is part of the Casey Cardinia Library Corporation and there are two full-time libraries in Cardinia, in Emerald and Pakenham. In addition, the Mobile Library visits the suburbs of Bunyip, Garfield, Tynong, Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield, Gembrook, Maryknoll, Cockatoo, Lang Lang and Koo Wee Rup.[6]

Wards

The Shire of Cardinia is divided into nine wards:[7] Beacon Hills, Bunyip, Central, Henty, Officer, Pakenham Hills, Ranges, Toomuc and Westernport. Elections are held every four years, each ward has one councillor. Before October 2020 the shire had three wards: Central, Ranges and Port.

Mayors
  • 2008: Bill Ronald
  • 2009: Bill Pearson
  • 2010: Graeme Legge
  • 2011: George Blenkhorn
  • 2012: Ed Chatwin
  • 2013: Brett Owen
  • 2014: Graeme Moore
  • 2015: Leticia Wilmot
  • 2016: Jodie Owen
  • 2017: Brett Owen
  • 2018: Collin Ross
  • 2019: Graeme Moore
  • 2020: Jeff Springfield
  • 2021: Brett Owen

Deputy Mayors
  • 2016: Leticia Wilmot
  • 2017: Jodie Owen
  • 2018: Brett Owen
  • 2019: Collin Ross
  • 2020: Graeme Moore
  • 2021: Jeff Springfield

Elected Councillors

The current Council, elected on the 24 October 2020, by ward.

WardPartyCouncillorNotes
Beacon Hills   Independent Brett Owen Mayor
Bunyip   Independent Graeme Moore
Central   Labor Collin Ross
Henty   Labor Carol Ryan
Officer   Independent Tammy Radford
Pakenham Hills   Independent Jack Kowarzik
Ranges   Independent Jeff Springfield Deputy Mayor
Toomuc   Independent Stephanie Davies
Westenport   Independent Ray Brown

The next council election will be held on 26 October 2024.[8]

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 118,194 up from 94,128 in the 2016 census[9]

Population
Locality20162021
Avonsleigh852844
Bayles461445
Beaconsfield^6,7147,267
Beaconsfield Upper2,8612,997
Bunyip2,4683,131
Bunyip North11295
Caldermeade183181
Cardinia376342
Catani294297
Clematis350352
Cockatoo4,2564,408
Cora Lynn243220
Dalmore163142
Dewhurst164151
Emerald^5,7785,890
Garfield1,7862,114
Garfield North194236
Gembrook2,3502,559
Guys Hill382388
Heath Hill^161189
Iona228240
Koo Wee Rup3,5794,047
Koo Wee Rup North4447
Lang Lang^1,5852,556
Lang Lang East7994
Longwarry^2,0042,436
Maryknoll577646
Menzies Creek^998966
Modella^148169
Monomeith7269
Mount Burnett173180
Nangana4454
Nar Nar Goon1,0121,023
Nar Nar Goon North727819
Nyora^1,5271,644
Officer7,13318,503
Officer South751,159
Pakenham46,42154,118
Pakenham South216229
Pakenham Upper1,1721,196
Rythdale3833
Tonimbuk208229
Tooradin^1,5681,722
Tynong456523
Tynong North434440
Vervale3944
Yannathan238272

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References
  1. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  2. Council, corporateName=Cardinia Shire. "Home Page". Cardinia Shire Council. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. Victorian Municipal Directory. Brunswick: Arnall & Jackson. 1992. pp. 639–40, 805–6, 832–3. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994–1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 5. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  5. Municipal Association of Victoria – Cardinia
  6. CCLC Branch details Archived 18 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Wards - Cardinia Shire Council
  8. "The election process". Know your council.
  9. "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.

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