This article is about the city in Victoria, Australia. For other cities, see Casey (disambiguation).
City of Casey
lga
Statevic
Zoom9
Pop (2021)365239
Poprank8th
Area409
SeatNarre Warren
RegionGreater Melbourne
Stategov
Fedgov
Near-nYarra Ranges
Near-neCardinia
Near-eCardinia
Near-seWestern Port
Near-sWestern Port
Near-swMornington Peninsula
Near-wGreater Dandenong
Frankston
Near-nwKnox
Est1994

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.[2]

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.[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.[3]

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.[4]

Council

Until 2024, the City of Casey was divided into six wards – Balla Balla, Edrington, Four Oaks, Mayfield, River Gum and Springfield.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9]

In May 2020 Somyurek appointed Noelene Duff PSM, Cameron Boardman and Miguel Belmar as Council administrator panel, to remain until October 2024.[10]

Current composition

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

WardNamed after[11]CouncillorParty
AkoonahAkoonah Park, Berwick Scott DowlingIndependent
CasuarinaCasuarina (she-oak) trees Kim RossIndependent
CorreaCorrea plants Gary RoweIndependent[12]
Cranbourne GardensRoyal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Michelle CrowtherIndependent
DillwyniaDillwynia plants Anthony WalterIndependent
GrevilleaGrevillea plants Dave PerryGreens
KaloraKalora Park, Narre Warren North Melinda AmbrosIndependent
KowanKowan Recreation Reserve, Cranbourne North (in turn named for the Bunurong word for "echidna")[13] Shane TaylorIndependent
QuartersQuarters Primary School, Cranbourne West Carolyn EavesIndependent
River GumRiver Gum Creek Reserve, Hampton Park Lynette PereiraIndependent
TooradinThe locality of Tooradin Jennifer DizonIndependent
WaratahWaratah Reserve, Eumemmerring Stefan KoomenInd. Labor

Places of interest

Townships and localities

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

Population
Locality20162021
^6,7147,267
47,67450,298
1,2511,290
3,9196,739
647650
2,11711,177
8,15631,681
20,09421,281
16,19524,679
20,11024,683
1,6743,241
15,03519,969
1,5481,551
9,3589,603
24,29424,455
1,9482,285
10,85211,355
25,53026,082
8491,011
1,0171,051
8,5199,121
^6,7258,926
957994
26,62127,689
7,6748,033
30,31930,909
^3,8213,867
^1,5681,722
536565

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

Sport

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

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,[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

Community Radio – 97.7 FM 3SER

Friendship and sister city relationships

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 Ioannina, Greece, which lapsed in 2008.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994–1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification. Commonwealth of Australia. p. 7. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.
  3. ^ "New development set to provide 21,000 homes in Clyde North.". Herald Sun. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Sister Cities". City of Casey. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ^ Victorian Electoral Commission (2014). "Casey City Council profile". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ^ "History of our ward name". City of Casey. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  7. ^ Rollason, Bridget (18 Feb 2020). "City of Casey could be without elected council until 2024 after damning report prompts sacking". ABC News. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Dismissal Of The Casey City Council". Premier of Victoria. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Three Administrators appointed to Casey". City of Casey. 14 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Local council electoral structure review – Final report – Casey City Council". Electoral Representation Advisory Panel. 2024-01-19.
  12. ^ "Meet the Casey Council candidates – Correa Ward". Cranbourne Star News. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Name City of Casey's new recreation reserve (Tulliallan Estate)". Casey Conversations. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  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 2021-08-13.
  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"
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