Borough of Queenscliffe Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 38°15′00″S 144°40′30″E / 38.25°S 144.675°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• Density | 380.05/km2 (984.3/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1863 | ||||||||||||||
Gazetted | 12 May 1863[3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 8.62 km2 (3.3 sq mi)[4] | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Isabelle Tolhurst | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Queenscliff | ||||||||||||||
Region | Barwon South West (region) | ||||||||||||||
County | Grant | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Bellarine | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Corangamite | ||||||||||||||
Website | Borough of Queenscliffe | ||||||||||||||
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The Borough of Queenscliffe is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It is Australia's last remaining borough and the smallest local government area in the state of Victoria, having survived amalgamation in the early 1990s.[5]
The council is composed of five councillors elected to represent the municipality. In order of election in 2020, they are:[6]
Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes | |
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Unsubdivided | Independent | Ross Ebbels | Councillor since 2016 | |
Liberal | Donnie Grigau | |||
Independent | Michael Grout | |||
Independent | Isabelle Tolhurst | Elected on a countback in 2022 to replace Susan Salter[7] | ||
Independent | Fleur Hewitt |
The Borough is currently not subdivided into wards, and its five councillors represented the entire area.
The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Queenscliff Town Hall, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Queenscliff.
Isabelle Tolhurst (2022-)
Fleur Hewitt (2021-)
The original inhabitants of the area are the Wathaurong (or Wadawurrung) people of the Kulin Nation.[5]
The 2021 census, the borough had a population of 3,276, up from 2,853 in the 2016 census[8]
Population | ||
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Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
Point Lonsdale^ | 2,684 | 3,788 |
Queenscliff | 1,315 | 1,516 |
Swan Island | 0 | 0 |
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
The median age in 2021 was 62, up from 60 in the 2016 census[4].
Ages | 2016[4] | 2021[4] | ||
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Count | % | Count | % | |
0-4 | 78 | 2.73 | 86 | 2.63 |
5-9 | 114 | 4 | 107 | 3.27 |
10-14 | 138 | 4.84 | 118 | 3.6 |
15-19 | 138 | 4.84 | 129 | 3.94 |
20-24 | 72 | 2.52 | 96 | 2.93 |
25-29 | 51 | 1.79 | 68 | 2.08 |
30-34 | 78 | 2.73 | 85 | 2.59 |
35-39 | 77 | 2.7 | 110 | 3.36 |
40-44 | 129 | 4.52 | 115 | 3.51 |
45-49 | 146 | 5.12 | 142 | 4.33 |
50-54 | 185 | 6.48 | 172 | 5.25 |
55-59 | 211 | 7.4 | 255 | 7.78 |
60-64 | 289 | 10.13 | 324 | 9.89 |
65-69 | 331 | 11.6 | 426 | 13 |
70-74 | 295 | 10.34 | 377 | 11.51 |
75-79 | 222 | 7.78 | 293 | 8.94 |
80-84 | 164 | 5.75 | 217 | 6.62 |
85-89 | 103 | 3.61 | 109 | 3.33 |
90-94 | 37 | 1.3 | 51 | 1.56 |
95-99 | 8 | 0.28 | 11 | 0.34 |
100+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Main article: Religion in Australia |
Affiliation | 2016[4] | 2021[4] | ||
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Count | % | Count | % | |
Catholic | 560 | 19.63 | 605 | 18.47 |
Anglican | 476 | 16.68 | 485 | 14.8 |
Baptist | 32 | 1.12 | 23 | 0.7 |
Lutheran | 4 | 0.14 | 11 | 0.34 |
Pentecostal | 38 | 1.33 | 30 | 0.92 |
Presbyterian & Reformed | 88 | 3.08 | 78 | 2.38 |
Salvation Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seventh-day Adventist | 4 | 0.14 | 4 | 0.12 |
Uniting Church | 258 | 9.04 | 233 | 7.11 |
Other Protestantism | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.15 |
Protestantism total | 900 | 31.55 | 869 | 26.53 |
Churches of Christ | 3 | 0.11 | 4 | 0.12 |
Eastern Orthodox | 11 | 0.39 | 18 | 0.55 |
Jehovah's Witnesses | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.15 |
Latter Day Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Christian | 50 | 1.75 | 42 | 1.28 |
Other Christian total | 64 | 2.24 | 69 | 2.11 |
Christian total | 1,517 | 53.17 | 1,542 | 47.07 |
Buddhism | 13 | 0.46 | 22 | 0.67 |
Hinduism | 9 | 0.32 | 17 | 0.52 |
Islam | 3 | 0.11 | 6 | 0.18 |
Judaism | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.09 |
Sikhism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other non-Christian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-Christian total | 25 | 0.88 | 48 | 1.47 |
No Religion, so described1 | 970 | 34 | 1,386 | 42.31 |
Other Beliefs2 | 14 | 0.49 | 14 | 0.43 |
Irreligion total | 989 | 34.67 | 1,401 | 42.77 |
Not Stated3 | 326 | 11.43 | 286 | 8.73 |
Totals4 | 2,853 | 100% | 3,276 | 100% |
1: 'No Religion, so described' does not include those who reported Secular and Other Spiritual Beliefs such as Atheism, Agnosticism and Own Spiritual Beliefs
2: Includes relatively small numbers of so-called 'Secular Beliefs' such as Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism &, Rationalism, and Other Spiritual Beliefs such as New Age, Own Spiritual Beliefs, Theism(!), etc.[9]
3: Includes 'Inadequately described'
4: Due to rounding, figures may not add up to the totals shown.
The Bellarine Railway runs as a Narrow gauge tourist railway to Drysdale along the former Broad gauge route.
Queenscliff line was once a branch line from Geelong; however, it now formes the Bellarine Rail Trail, a 32 km walking and cycling track that follows the route of the former rail line.
Searoad Ferries provides transport from Queenscliff to Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.
Library name | Branch | Address | Notes |
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Geelong Regional Libraries | Queenscliff Library | 49-55 Hesse Street, Queenscliff | Wirrng Wirrng (Queenscliffe Hub) houses the Queenscliffe Visitor Information Centre, Queenscliff Library and Queenscliffe Historical Museum[10][11] |
League | Team | Est. |
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Bellarine Football League | Queenscliff Football Club (Coutas) | 1884 |
League | Team | Est. |
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Bellarine Netball League | Queenscliff Netball Club | ? |