City of Kingston | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Greater Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Cheltenham | ||||||||||||
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| • Mayor | Georgina Oxley[1] | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 91 km2 (35 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 167,228[2] (2024)[3] (44th) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,837.62/km2 (4,759.4/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Kingston | ||||||||||||
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TheCity of Kingston is alocal government area inVictoria, Australia, in the south-eastern suburbs ofMelbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) from theMelbourne city centre[4] along the north-eastern shorelines ofPort Phillip. It covers an area of 91 km2 (35 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 167,228 people.[2]
With 13 km of coastline abuttingPort Phillip,[5] the city has been described as becoming a 'lifestyle capital' of Melbourne, where the municipality featuresMoorabbin Airport, DFO Moorabbin andWestfield Southland, with twoAFL facilities for the respective teams ofHawthorn Football Club andSt Kilda Football Club.[6]
Home to a number of golf courses including hosts of international tournaments,[7] such as theWorld Cup of Golf,Australian Open,Australian Masters and in 2028 thePresidents Cup; the city is dotted by parkland and reserves aside from the expansive 2,070 hectare Green Wedge.[8]Braeside Park,Karkarook Park andPatterson River are all managed through Parks Victoria, with the latter providing access toPort Phillip being the busiest boat launching facility in Victoria.[9]
The City of Kingston area was originally governed by the Moorabbin Roads Board, which formed in 1862 and became a shire council in 1871, covering a large area of mixed agricultural and semi-urban land. After years of agitation in 1917 the seaside town ofSandringham became a borough with its own council, and this fuelled the desire of those living in towns further south to combine their efforts and demand self-representation. This finally occurred in May 1920 and the 'Borough of Mordialloc and Mentone' was formed. It became a town in 1923 and theCity of Mordialloc in 1926.
The City of Moorabbin had a population of 109,588 by the time of the 1971 census.[10]
In 1994, the state government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria, as part of its local government reform. The new City of Kingston was one result, and on 15 December 1994 the city was formally gazetted comprising all of theCity of Chelsea, most of theCity of Mordialloc, a substantial portion of theCity of Moorabbin, and parts of the cities ofOakleigh andSpringvale. The City of Kingston headquarters opened at 34 Brindisi Street,Mentone that remains a property portfolio asset.
An electoral structure for Kingston was introduced in November 2008 to include three wards – North Ward, Central Ward and South Ward, with three Councillors representing each ward. This made a total of nine Councillors instead of the previous structure of seven wards each represented by one Councillor. Further electoral structure changes led to in November 2020 there being a total of 11 wards each individually represented by a Councillor.
Kingston's headquarters since 2005 have been inCheltenham at the former 7-storey office of Fujitsu Australia built in 1993.[11]
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The city had a population of 158,129 at the 2021 census, up from 151,389 in the 2016 census.[12]
| Population | ||
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| Locality | 2016 | 2021 |
| Aspendale | 6,940 | 7,285 |
| Aspendale Gardens | 6,530 | 6,427 |
| Bonbeach | 6,416 | 6,855 |
| Braeside | 21 | 25 |
| Carrum | 3,980 | 4,239 |
| Chelsea | 7,773 | 8,347 |
| Chelsea Heights | 5,335 | 5,393 |
| Cheltenham^ | 22,291 | 23,992 |
| Clarinda | 7,481 | 7,441 |
| Clayton South | 12,642 | 13,381 |
| Dingley Village | 10,320 | 10,495 |
| Edithvale | 5,806 | 6,276 |
| Heatherton | 2,907 | 2,826 |
| Highett^ | 10,454 | 12,016 |
| Mentone | 12,965 | 13,197 |
| Moorabbin | 5,895 | 6,287 |
| Moorabbin Airport | 0 | 26 |
| Mordialloc | 8,166 | 8,886 |
| Oakleigh South^ | 9,261 | 9,851 |
| Parkdale | 11,746 | 12,308 |
| Patterson Lakes | 7,564 | 7,793 |
| Waterways | 2,461 | 2,422 |
^ -Territory divided with anotherLGA
The City of Kingston operates nine free council run libraries.[13]
The City of Kingston will from 2026 operate two swimming and recreation centres atMordialloc andHighett:[14]
TheKennedy Community Centre, the current training and administrative base of theHawthorn Football Club is located in Dingley Village, whileSt Kilda Football Club has their facilities located atRSEA Park inMoorabbin.
The city has produced a number ofAFL players includingLuke Beveridge,Rex Hunt andDylan Shiel amongst other athletes, such as international champion swimmersNicole Livingstone andToby Haenen. International cricketer,Scott Boland was born inMordialloc.[18]
The city has a dozens of sports grounds, aside from the 13 km ofPort Phillip coastline, 2,070 hectares of Green Wedge parkland[19] and high prevalence of golf courses, which complements the state parks managed byParks Victoria includingBraeside Park,Karkarook Park andPatterson River; with the latter popular with fishing charter operators as the home of the state's busiest boat launching facility.[20]
The City of Kingston has art and theatre facilities inParkdale andMoorabbin respectively at the Shirley Burke Theatre and Kingston City Hall, with seating for up to 800 occupants. Each year the city hosts the Mordi Fest with live music, the Spring Fair and Carols by Kingston as its key events. Popular rock bandsBritish India[21] andJet[22] respectively were fromMentone andDingley Village.
TheHeidelberg School was anart movement of the late 19th century with ties to Australian impressionism, which featured scenes ofMentone by respective artistsTom Roberts,Charles Conder andFrederick McCubbin.[23] An international-standard sculpture trail is proceeding atPatterson River, bordering the suburbs ofCarrum,Patterson Lakes andBonbeach.[24]
Mordialloc's Main Street in particular features a diverse restaurant scene with iconic culinary experiences that have become a beacon of pride for the city.[25]
The filming atKath Day-Knight andKel Knight's 'townhouse' (in the fictional suburb ofFountain Lakes) for the Australian comedytelevision seriesKath & Kim was shot inPatterson Lakes at Lagoon Place.[26]Kath & Kimderella was also filmed at the same location as the original Day-Knight house of the TV series.
The Australian TV seriesUnderbelly Files was filmed inCheltenham[27] andRush included an episode filmed inMoorabbin.[28]
Australian television and radio personality,Rex Hunt was born inMentone.[29]
The City of Kingston's Gross Regional Product is estimated at $14.23 billion, which represents 2.44% of the state's GSP (Gross State Product), where manufacturing is the largest employer generating 16,882 local jobs.[30]
With the industrial sector being one of the largest and most concentrated in Victoria, the city is one of the state's major employment centres.[31]
TheMoorabbin Airport,DFO Moorabbin andWestfield Southland are significant economic landmarks for the City of Kingston.This is Kingston is the city's tourism and economic marketing arm.
The council has an operational expenditure budget of $296.1 million,[32] with works involving areas such as road maintenance and construction, community, cultural and youth activities, town planning and development, waste management and recycling, maintenance of parks and public areas, public health and animal control, library services, and business and tourism support.
Prior to 2020, the City of Kingston had three multi-member wards, however this changed to 11 single-member wards from the 2020 council election.[33]
Kingston City Council 2024 election results | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Council of the City of Kingston |
| Structure | |
Council political groups | Independent Labor: 3 seats Independent Freedom Party: 1 seat Independent: 7 seats |
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Notes | |
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| Banksia | Independent | Chris Howe | ||
| Bunjil | Independent Labor | Tony Athanasopoulos | ||
| Caruana | Independent | Caroline White | 2022 Senate candidate forLiberal Democrats[34] | |
| Chicquita | Independent | Jane Agirtan | FormerlyLiberal Party.[35][36](stood down from April 2025 to July 2025 while appearing before court proceedings)[37][38][39] | |
| Como | Independent | Chris Hill | ||
| Karkarook | Independent Labor | Hadi Saab | ||
| Longbeach | Independent Labor[40] | Georgina Oxley[40] | ||
| Melaleuca | Independent | Tess Law | ||
| Sandpiper | Independent | Kirralee Ashworth-Collett | ||
| Wattle | Independent Freedom Party[41][42][43] | Georgia Erevnidis | 2022Freedom Party of Victoria candidate forCarrum[44] | |
| Yammerbrook | Independent | Sarah O’Donnell | 2022Liberal Democrats candidate forIsaacs[45] | |
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