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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Greater Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Narre Warren | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 409 km2 (158 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 365,239 (2021)[1] (8th) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 893.0/km2 (2,312.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Casey | ||||||||||||
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TheCity of Casey is alocal government area inVictoria, Australia in the outer south-eastern suburbs ofMelbourne. 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 afterLord Casey, the 16thGovernor-General of Australia, and was formed in 1994 by the merger of most of theCity of Berwick with parts of theShire of Cranbourne (includingCranbourne itself), and the Churchill Park Drive estate within theCity of Knox.[3]
Casey spreads from the base of theDandenong Ranges in the north to the shoreline ofWestern 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 ofCranbourne is mainly farmland, used formarket gardening and grazing. A small number of flower farms exist aroundJunction Village, along with a large chicken processing plant inClyde. 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 ofTooradin,Blind Bight,Warneet andCannons Creek. Protected marine reserves exist along this coastline and extend into theMornington Peninsula atPearcedale.
TheCardinia 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 ofBerwick's sister city status withBerwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, England.[5]
Until 2024, the City of Casey was divided into sixwards – Balla Balla, Edrington, Four Oaks, Mayfield, River Gum and Springfield.[6][7] Voters in Balla Balla Ward elected one councillor and all other wards electing two councillors per ward. The eleven councillors voted each year to elect a mayor.
In February 2020, theVictorian 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]
The most recent elections were held on 26 October 2024 and elected the following councillors:
| Ward | Named after[12] | Councillor | Party | |
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| Akoonah | Akoonah Park, Berwick | Scott Dowling | Independent | |
| Casuarina | Casuarina (she-oak) trees | Kim Ross | Independent | |
| Correa | Correa plants | Gary Rowe | Independent[13] | |
| Cranbourne Gardens | Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne | Michelle Crowther | Independent | |
| Dillwynia | Dillwynia plants | Anthony Walter | Independent | |
| Grevillea | Grevillea plants | Dave Perry | Greens | |
| Kalora | Kalora Park, Narre Warren North | Melinda Ambros | Independent | |
| Kowan | Kowan Recreation Reserve, Cranbourne North | Shane Taylor | Independent | |
| Quarters | Quarters Primary School, Cranbourne West | Carolyn Eaves | Independent | |
| River Gum | River Gum Creek Reserve, Hampton Park | Lynette Pereira | Independent | |
| Tooradin | The locality ofTooradin | Jennifer Dizon | Independent | |
| Waratah | Waratah Reserve, Eumemmerring | Stefan Koomen | Ind. Labor | |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | Change | ||
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| Independent | 134,110 | 69.62 | 10 |  10 | ||
| Independent Labor | 31,798 | 16.51 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent Liberal | 12,082 | 6.27 | 0 |  | ||
| Independent Freedom | 4,623 | 2.40 | 0 | | ||
| Libertarian | 3,109 | 1.61 | 0 | | ||
| Independent Libertarian | 2,575 | 1.34 | 0 | | ||
| Greens | 2,451 | 1.27 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent Family First | 1,893 | 0.98 | 0 | | ||
| Formal votes | 192,641 | 95.93 | ||||
| Informal votes | 8,169 | 4.07 | ||||
| Total | 200,810 | 100.00 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Registered voters / turnout | 246,948 | 81.32 | ||||
The 2021 census, the city had a population of 365,239 up from 299,301 in the 2016 census[16]
| Population | ||
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| 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 anotherLGA
TheMelbourne City Football Club is based in the City of Casey.[17]
TheCasey Demons (formerly Scorpions), anAustralian rules football club represents Casey in theVictorian Football League. Their home ground is at theCasey Fields Complex inCranbourne. The team was founded in around 1903 in Springvale. The club relocated to Casey Fields and later developed a relationship with theMelbourne Football Club has developed a partnership with the City of Casey,[18] with training sessions and other events held at Casey Fields.
TheCasey-South Melbourne Cricket Club also have their home ground at Casey Fields.
TheCasey Warriors play rugby league inNRL 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.
Community Radio – 97.7 FM3SER
The City of Casey istwinned with[19]
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In 1998 the City of Casey established a friendship link (also known as a twin town) with
Ioannina,Greece, which lapsed in 2008.
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