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City of Casey

Coordinates: 38°05′24″S 145°19′23″E / 38.090°S 145.323°E / -38.090; 145.323
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This article is about the city in Victoria, Australia. For other cities, see Casey (disambiguation).

City of Casey
Victoria
Map of Melbourne showing City of Casey
Map
Population365,239 (2021)[1] (8th)
 • Density893.0/km2 (2,312.9/sq mi)
Established1994
Area409 km2 (157.9 sq mi)[2]
Council seatNarre Warren
RegionGreater Melbourne
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
WebsiteCity of Casey
LGAs around City of Casey:
Knox Yarra Ranges Cardinia
Greater Dandenong
Frankston		 City of Casey Cardinia
Mornington Peninsula Western Port Western Port

The City of Casey is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2021 population of 365,239.[1] It has an area of 409 square kilometres (157.9 sq mi).

The city is named after Lord Casey, the 16th Governor-General of Australia, and was formed in 1994 by the merger of most of the City of Berwick with parts of the Shire of Cranbourne (including Cranbourne itself), and the Churchill Park Drive estate within the City of Knox.[3]

Geography

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Casey spreads from the base of the Dandenong Ranges in the north to the shoreline of Western Port in the south. It features a wide variety of geographical features, due to its outer metropolitan location.

The north, in the foothills of the Dandenongs, is primarily made up of large blocks of land used for grazing, with some small vineyards in operation. An Urban Growth Boundary has been in place since 2005 to protect this area from future residential subdivision.[citation needed]

South of Cranbourne is mainly farmland, used for market gardening and grazing. A small number of flower farms exist around Junction Village, along with a large chicken processing plant in Clyde. This green area has now been opened up for housing development, in the areas of Cranbourne East, Clyde and Clyde North.[4]

The southern boundary of the municipality is the Western Port shoreline including the fishing villages of Tooradin, Blind Bight, Warneet and Cannons Creek. Protected marine reserves exist along this coastline and extend into the Mornington Peninsula at Pearcedale.

The Cardinia border of the city is formed for some of the boundary by the Cardinia Creek, which is drained through channels into Western Port at its southern end. The popular Riding of the Bounds event takes place along this border, in recognition of Berwick's sister city status with Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, England.[5]

Council

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The City of Casey is divided into six wards.[6] The wards are: Balla Balla, Edrington, Four Oaks, Mayfield, River Gum and Springfield.[7]

Elections are held every four years with voters in Balla Balla Ward electing one councillor and all other wards electing two councillors per ward. The eleven councillors vote each year to elect a mayor.

In February 2020, the Victorian Minister for Local Government, Adem Somyurek, dismissed all Casey councillors following a report from municipal monitor Laurinda Gardner that found significant governance failures at the council. Somyurek then appointed Noelene Duff as interim administrator.[8][9][10]

In May 2020 Somyurek appointed Noelene Duff PSM, Cameron Boardman and Miguel Belmar as Council administrator panel, to remain until October 2024.[11]

Current composition

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The most recent elections were held on 26 October 2024 and elected the following councillors:

Ward Councillor Party
Akoonah   Scott Dowling Independent
Casuarina   Kim Ross Independent
Correa   Gary Rowe Independent[12]
Cranbourne Gardens   Michelle Crowther Independent
Dillwynia   Anthony Walter Independent
Grevillea   Dave Perry Greens
Kalora   Melinda Ambros Independent
Kowan   Shane Taylor Independent
Quarters   Carolyn Eaves Independent
River Gum   Lynette Pereira Independent
Tooradin   Jennifer Dizon Independent
Waratah   Stefan Koomen Ind. Labor

Election results

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2024

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne § Casey results.[edit]
2024 Victorian local elections: Casey[13]
Party Votes % Seats Change
  Independent 134,110 69.62 10 Increase 10
  Independent Labor 31,798 16.51 1 Increase 1
  Independent Liberal 12,082 6.27 0 Steady
  Independent Freedom 4,623 2.40 0 Steady
  Libertarian 3,109 1.61 0 Steady
  Independent Libertarian 2,575 1.34 0 Steady
  Greens 2,451 1.27 1 Increase 1
  Independent Family First 1,893 0.98 0 Steady
 Formal votes 192,641 95.93
 Informal votes 8,169 4.07
 Total 200,810 100.00 12 Increase 1
 Registered voters / turnout 246,948 81.32

Places of interest

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Townships and localities

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The 2021 census, the city had a population of 365,239 up from 299,301 in the 2016 census[14]

Population
Locality 2016 2021
Beaconsfield^ 6,714 7,267
Berwick 47,674 50,298
Blind Bight 1,251 1,290
Botanic Ridge 3,919 6,739
Cannons Creek 647 650
Clyde 2,117 11,177
Clyde North 8,156 31,681
Cranbourne 20,094 21,281
Cranbourne East 16,195 24,679
Cranbourne North 20,110 24,683
Cranbourne South 1,674 3,241
Cranbourne West 15,035 19,969
Devon Meadows 1,548 1,551
Doveton 9,358 9,603
Endeavour Hills 24,294 24,455
Eumemmerring 1,948 2,285
Hallam 10,852 11,355
Hampton Park 25,530 26,082
Harkaway 849 1,011
Junction Village 1,017 1,051
Lynbrook 8,519 9,121
Lyndhurst^ 6,725 8,926
Lysterfield South 957 994
Narre Warren 26,621 27,689
Narre Warren North 7,674 8,033
Narre Warren South 30,319 30,909
Pearcedale^ 3,821 3,867
Tooradin^ 1,568 1,722
Warneet 536 565

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

Sport

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The Melbourne City Football Club is based in the City of Casey.[15]

The Casey Demons (formerly Scorpions), an Australian rules football club represent Casey in the Victorian Football League. Their home ground is at the Casey Fields Complex in Cranbourne. The team was founded in around 1903 in Springvale. The club relocated to Casey Fields and later developed a relationship with the Melbourne Football Club has developed a partnership with the City of Casey,[16] with training sessions and other events held at Casey Fields.

The Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club also have their home ground at Casey Fields.

The Casey Warriors play rugby league in NRL Victoria.

The Casey Cavaliers are the representative basketball club of the City of Casey. They compete in the NBL1, Big V and VJBL competitions. The Casey Basketball Association oversees all affiliated basketball within the City of Casey and has over 8,000 weekly participants.

Media

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Community Radio – 97.7 FM 3SER

Friendship and sister city relationships

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The City of Casey is twinned with[17]

In 1998 the City of Casey established a friendship link (also known as a twin town) with Greece Ioannina, Greece, which lapsed in 2008.

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2021 Casey, Census All Persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2024. Resident population, 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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. 7. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  4. ^ "New development set to provide 21,000 homes in Clyde North". Herald Sun. Herald Sun. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Sister Cities". City of Casey. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ^ Victorian Electoral Commission (2014). "Casey City Council profile". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. ^ "History of our ward name". City of Casey. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  8. ^ Rollason, Bridget (18 February 2020). "City of Casey could be without elected council until 2024 after damning report prompts sacking". ABC News. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  9. ^ Preiss, Benjamin; Towell, Noel (18 February 2020). "Casey council sacked for four years as watchdog finds bullying, 'unacceptable behaviour'". The Age. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Dismissal Of The Casey City Council". Premier of Victoria. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Three Administrators appointed to Casey". City of Casey. 14 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Meet the Casey Council candidates – Correa Ward". Cranbourne Star News. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Casey City Council Results". Victorian Electoral Commission. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Census | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. 11 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Melbourne City FC to move into Casey Fields | City of Casey". www.casey.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Melbourne Football Club - Casey Partnership". Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Friendship and Sister city Relationships". City of Casey. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  18. ^ "City of Casey | Home".
  19. ^ "City of Casey | Home".
  20. ^ "City of Casey | Home".
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