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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name     = Mornington Peninsula Shire
| state    = vic
| image    = MelbLGA-MorningtonPeninsula.gif
| caption  = 
| local_map   = yes
| zoom        = 9
| pop      = 168948
| pop_year = 2021
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABSPopulation">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA25340|name=Mornington Peninsula (Local Government Areas)|access-date=16 January 2026|quick=on}}</ref>
| poprank = 40th
| area     = 724
| area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), Mornington Peninsula Shire has three offices throughout Frankston and Mornington 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref>
| est      = 1994
| seat     = [[Rosebud, Victoria|Rosebud]]
| mayor    = Cr Anthony Marsh [https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/About-Us/About-Our-Council/Our-Councillors]
| region   = [[Melbourne|Greater Melbourne]]
| logo     = Mornpen.svg
| url      = http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Hastings|Hastings]]
| stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Mornington|Mornington]]
| stategov3 = [[Electoral district of Nepean|Nepean]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Dunkley|Dunkley]]
| fedgov2  = [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]]
| near-nw  = ''[[Port Phillip]]''
| near-n   = [[City of Frankston|Frankston]]
| near-ne  = [[City of Casey|Casey]]
| near-w   = ''[[Port Phillip]]''
| near-e   = ''[[Western Port]]''
| near-sw  = ''[[Bass Strait]]''
| near-s   = ''[[Bass Strait]]''
| near-se  = ''[[Bass Strait]]''
}}

The '''Mornington Peninsula Shire''' is a [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]] in southeastern metropolitan, [[Victoria (Australia)|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, Victoria|Rosebud]]. It has an area of {{convert|724|sqkm}} and at the {{CensusAU|2021}} it had a population of 168,948.<ref name="ABSPopulation"/>

==History==
The Mornington Peninsula Shire came into existence on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated the previous Shires of [[Shire of Flinders (Victoria)|Flinders]], [[Shire of Hastings|Hastings]] and [[Shire of Mornington (Victoria)|Mornington]].<ref name="VPhast2">{{cite web|title=Hastings|url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/hastings|access-date=9 August 2020|website=Victorian Places}}</ref>
[[File:Victoria LGAs pre- vs post-amalgamation Mornington Peninsula.png|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 [[Climate emergency declarations in Australia|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Preiss |first=Benjamin |date=23 April 2025 |title=Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan |url=https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/mornington-peninsula-council-scraps-climate-emergency-plan-despite-high-erosion-risk-20250423-p5ltnn.html |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=[[The Age]]}}</ref>

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”.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCullough|first1=Cameron|date=14 December 2020|title=God purged from council 'prayer'|publisher=Mornington Peninsula News|url=http://www.mpnews.com.au/2020/12/14/god-purged-from-council-prayer/|access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref>

==Council==
=== Current composition ===
{{Victoria LGA ward map|year=2024|lga=Mornington Peninsula}}
The Mornington Peninsula Shire is split into eleven single-member wards. The current council was elected at the [[Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne#Mornington Peninsula|2024 council election]]:<ref>{{cite web|title=Mornington Peninsula Shire Council results|publisher=VEC|url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2024-local-council-elections/mornington-peninsula-shire-council/results|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillor!!Notes
|-
| Beek Beek
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| Kate Roper
|
|-
| Benbenjie
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Max Patton
|
|-
| Briars
| {{Australian party style|Independent Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Independent Liberal (Australia)|Independent Liberal]]
| Anthony Marsh
| Mayor
|-
| Brokil
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Patrick Binyon
| 
|-
| Coolart
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| David Gill
| 
|-
| Kackeraboite
| {{Australian party style|Independent Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Independent Liberal
| Stephen Batty
| 
|-
| Moorooduc
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Bruce Ranken
| 
|-
| Nepean
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Andrea Allen
|
|-
| Tanti
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Paul Pingiaro
| Deputy Mayor
|-
| Tootgarook
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Cam Williams
| 
|-
| Warringine
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Independent
| Michael Stephens
| 
|}

==Election results==
===2024===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Outer Melbourne|section=Mornington Peninsula results}}

==Townships and localities==
The 2021 census, the shire had a population of 168,948 up from 154,999 in the 2016 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population
|-
! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021
|-
| {{VICcity|Arthurs Seat}} || 394 || 414
|-
| {{VICcity|Balnarring}} || 2,270 || 2,371
|-
| {{VICcity|Balnarring Beach}} || 418 || 471
|-
| {{VICcity|Baxter}} || 2,162 || 2,166
|-
| {{VICcity|Bittern}} || 3,705 || 4,276
|-
| {{VICcity|Blairgowrie}} || 2,313 || 2,786
|-
| {{VICcity|Boneo}} || 354 || 314
|-
| {{VICcity|Cape Schanck}} || 446 || 569
|-
| {{VICcity|Capel Sound}} || 4,930 || 5,246
|-
| {{VICcity|Crib Point}} || 3,183 || 3,343
|-
| {{VICcity|Dromana}} || 5,803 || 6,626
|-
| {{VICcity|Fingal}} || 529 || 637
|-
| {{VICcity|Flinders}} || 905 || 1,130
|-
| {{VICcity|Hastings}} || 9,609 || 10,369
|-
| {{VICcity|HMAS Cerberus}} || 1,040 || 1,124
|-
| {{VICcity|Main Ridge}} || 416 || 453
|-
| {{VICcity|McCrae}} || 2,823 || 3,311
|-
| {{VICcity|Merricks}} || 190 || 184
|-
| {{VICcity|Merricks Beach}} || 127 || 157
|-
| {{VICcity|Merricks North}} || 426 || 423
|-
| {{VICcity|Moorooduc}} || 1,098 || 1,004
|-
| {{VICcity|Mornington}} || 23,989 || 25,759
|-
| {{VICcity|Mount Eliza}} || 17,888 || 18,734
|-
| {{VICcity|Mount Martha}} || 18,548 || 19,846
|-
| {{VICcity|Pearcedale}}^ || 3,821 || 3,867
|-
| {{VICcity|Point Leo}} || 158 || 178
|-
| {{VICcity|Portsea}} || 510 || 787
|-
| {{VICcity|Red Hill}} || 924 || 1,009
|-
| {{VICcity|Red Hill South}} || 603 || 708
|-
| {{VICcity|Rosebud}} || 13,195 || 14,381
|-
| {{VICcity|Rye}} || 8,416 || 9,438
|-
| {{VICcity|Safety Beach}} || 4,821 || 6,328
|-
| {{VICcity|Shoreham}} || 608 || 679
|-
| {{VICcity|Somers}} || 1,667 || 1,857
|-
| {{VICcity|Somerville}} || 11,336 || 11,767
|-
| {{VICcity|Sorrento}} || 1,592 || 2,013
|-
| {{VICcity|St Andrews Beach}} || 889 || 974
|-
| {{VICcity|Tootgarook}} || 2,869 || 3,178
|-
| {{VICcity|Tuerong}} || 354 || 357
|-
| {{VICcity|Tyabb}} || 3,338 || 3,449
|}

'''^''' - ''Territory divided with another [[Local government areas of Victoria|LGA]]''<br>

==See also==
* [[List of Melbourne suburbs]], for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities
* [[Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{commonscat-inline}}
*[http://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ Mornington Peninsula Shire web site]
*[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/38 Metlink local public transport map]
*[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324211834/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp |date=24 March 2022 }}
* {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}

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