Cardinia Shire
Victoria
Population107,120 (2018)[1]
 • Density83.49/km2 (216.24/sq mi)
Established1994
Area1,283 km2 (495.4 sq mi)[1]
MayorCr Jack Kowarzik
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

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 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

Deputy Mayors

Elected Councillors

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

Ward Party Councillor Notes
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

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

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Avonsleigh 852 844
Bayles 461 445
Beaconsfield^ 6,714 7,267
Beaconsfield Upper 2,861 2,997
Bunyip 2,468 3,131
Bunyip North 112 95
Caldermeade 183 181
Cardinia 376 342
Catani 294 297
Clematis 350 352
Cockatoo 4,256 4,408
Cora Lynn 243 220
Dalmore 163 142
Dewhurst 164 151
Emerald^ 5,778 5,890
Garfield 1,786 2,114
Garfield North 194 236
Gembrook 2,350 2,559
Guys Hill 382 388
Heath Hill^ 161 189
Iona 228 240
Koo Wee Rup 3,579 4,047
Koo Wee Rup North 44 47
Lang Lang^ 1,585 2,556
Lang Lang East 79 94
Longwarry^ 2,004 2,436
Maryknoll 577 646
Menzies Creek^ 998 966
Modella^ 148 169
Monomeith 72 69
Mount Burnett 173 180
Nangana 44 54
Nar Nar Goon 1,012 1,023
Nar Nar Goon North 727 819
Nyora^ 1,527 1,644
Officer 7,133 18,503
Officer South 75 1,159
Pakenham 46,421 54,118
Pakenham South 216 229
Pakenham Upper 1,172 1,196
Rythdale 38 33
Tonimbuk 208 229
Tooradin^ 1,568 1,722
Tynong 456 523
Tynong North 434 440
Vervale 39 44
Yannathan 238 272

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "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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