City of Casey

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.<ref name=ABSCASEY/> It has an area of Template:Convert.

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

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.Template: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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="ROTB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Council

Until 2024, the City of Casey was divided into six wards – Balla Balla, Edrington, Four Oaks, Mayfield, River Gum and Springfield.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="CofCwards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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, 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In May 2020 Somyurek appointed Noelene Duff PSM, Cameron Boardman and Miguel Belmar as Council administrator panel, to remain until October 2024.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Current composition

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

Ward	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>!! colspan="2" |Councillor!!Party
Akoonah	Akoonah Park, Berwick	Template:Australian party style |	Scott Dowling	Independent
Casuarina	Casuarina (she-oak) trees	Template:Australian party style |	Kim Ross	Independent
Correa	Correa plants	Template:Australian party style |	Gary Rowe	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cranbourne Gardens	Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne	Template:Australian party style |	Michelle Crowther	Independent
Dillwynia	Dillwynia plants	Template:Australian party style |	Anthony Walter	Independent
Grevillea	Grevillea plants	Template:Australian party style |	Dave Perry	Greens
Kalora	Kalora Park, Narre Warren North	Template:Australian party style |	Melinda Ambros	Independent
Kowan	Kowan Recreation Reserve, Cranbourne North (in turn named for the Bunurong word for "echidna")<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Australian party style |	Shane Taylor	Independent
Quarters	Quarters Primary School, Cranbourne West	Template:Australian party style |	Carolyn Eaves	Independent
River Gum	River Gum Creek Reserve, Hampton Park	Template:Australian party style |	Lynette Pereira	Independent
Tooradin	The locality of Tooradin	Template:Australian party style |	Jennifer Dizon	Independent
Waratah	Waratah Reserve, Eumemmerring	Template:Australian party style |	Stefan Koomen	Ind. Labor

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 365,239 up from 299,301 in the 2016 census<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Template:VICcity^	6,714	7,267
Template:VICcity	47,674	50,298
Template:VICcity	1,251	1,290
Template:VICcity	3,919	6,739
Template:VICcity	647	650
Template:VICcity	2,117	11,177
Template:VICcity	8,156	31,681
Template:VICcity	20,094	21,281
Template:VICcity	16,195	24,679
Template:VICcity	20,110	24,683
Template:VICcity	1,674	3,241
Template:VICcity	15,035	19,969
Template:VICcity	1,548	1,551
Template:VICcity	9,358	9,603
Template:VICcity	24,294	24,455
Template:VICcity	1,948	2,285
Template:VICcity	10,852	11,355
Template:VICcity	25,530	26,082
Template:VICcity	849	1,011
Template:VICcity	1,017	1,051
Template:VICcity	8,519	9,121
Template:VICcity^	6,725	8,926
Template:VICcity	957	994
Template:VICcity	26,621	27,689
Template:VICcity	7,674	8,033
Template:VICcity	30,319	30,909
Template:VICcity^	3,821	3,867
Template:VICcity^	1,568	1,722
Template:VICcity	536	565

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

Sport

The Melbourne City Football Club is based in the City of Casey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Casey Demons (formerly Scorpions), an Australian rules football club represents 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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

Community Radio – 97.7 FM 3SER

Friendship and sister city relationships

The City of Casey is twinned with<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:Flagicon Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, (sister city since 1982)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Casey
• Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve

External links

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• Official website
• Metlink local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps Template:Webarchive
• Template:Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link