{{Short description|Local government area in Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = City of Moreton Bay | state = qld | image = MoretonBayRegion-QldLGA.svg | caption = Location within South East Queensland | local_map = yes | zoom = 8 | pop = 476340 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | pop2 = 469465 | pop2_year = 2019 est. | pop2_footnotes = <ref name=ABS3218.0>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02018-19|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2018-19|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=2 July 2020|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703021106/https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02018-19|url-status=live}} Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2019.</ref> | poprank = 3rd | area = 2042 | area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327110730/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|url-status=live}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> | est = {{Start date and age|2008}} | seat = Strathpine, Caboolture, Redcliffe | mayor = Peter Flannery | region = South East Queensland | logo = City of Moreton Bay logo 2023.svg | logo_upright = 1.2 | url = http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/ | stategov = Bancroft, Ferny Grove, Kurwongbah, Morayfield, Glass House, Murrumba, Pumicestone, Redcliffe, Everton, Pine Rivers | fedgov = Petrie, Dickson, Longman | near-n = Sunshine Coast | near-ne = ''Moreton Bay'' | near-e = ''Moreton Bay'' | near-se = Brisbane | near-s = Brisbane | near-sw = Somerset | near-w = Somerset | near-nw = Somerset }}
The '''City of Moreton Bay''', known until July 2023 as the '''Moreton Bay Region''', is a local government area in the north of Greater Brisbane in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture.
With an estimated operating budget of A$391 million and a 2018 population of 459,585,<ref name=ABSLGA/> Moreton Bay is the third most populous local government area in Australia behind the City of Brisbane and City of Gold Coast,<ref name=ABSLGA/> both of which are also amalgamated entities.
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the City of Moreton Bay had a population of 476,340 people.<ref name=Census2021/>
== History == The original inhabitants, or Traditional Owners, of Moreton Bay are the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Aboriginal people.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Duungidjawu (also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi'') is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and the City of Moreton Bay, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore''.''<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/8|title=Duungidjawu|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>
At the time the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' came into force on 11 November 1879, the present City of Morton Bay was entirely contained within the Caboolture Division, which also included the Sunshine Coast. By 1890, Caboolture Division had shrunk considerably with the separate incorporation of the Pine Division (21 January 1888), Redcliffe Division (5 April 1888) and Maroochy Division (5 July 1890).{{cn|date=July 2025}}
With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Caboolture, Pine and Redcliffe (as well as Maroochy) became Shires on 31 March 1903. Redcliffe was proclaimed a Town on 28 May 1921 and a City on 13 June 1959. A few weeks earlier, on 23 May 1959, Pine was renamed the Shire of Pine Rivers.<ref>{{Cite QSA Agency|11690|Pine Shire Council # Description|26 May 2026 }}</ref>
=== Formation === In July 2007, the Local Government Reform Commission released its report and recommended the amalgamation of the three local government areas:<ref>{{cite book |author=Queensland Local Government Reform Commission |url=http://www.dlgp.qld.gov.au/resources/map/reform/north-moreton-rationale.pdf |title=Report of the Local Government Reform Commission |date=July 2007 |isbn=978-1-921057-11-3 |volume=2 |pages=234–239 |access-date=3 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317010218/http://www.dlgp.qld.gov.au/resources/map/reform/north-moreton-rationale.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Settlement and federation |url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/Discover/History-and-Heritage/Moreton-Bay-History/Caboolture-District-History/Settlement-and-Federation |access-date=2023-08-05 |publisher=Moreton Bay City Council |archive-date=5 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405231257/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/Discover/History-and-Heritage/Moreton-Bay-History/Caboolture-District-History/Settlement-and-Federation |url-status=live }}</ref>
* City of Redcliffe * Shire of Pine Rivers * Shire of Caboolture
It argued that the area was part of the South East Queensland Regional Plan's Urban Footprint, and would attract 11% of the region's population and housing growth to 2006. A very strong community of interest was identified through the region's links and dependencies to Brisbane. The councils disagreed with the commission's plans although, with the exception of Redcliffe, did not oppose alternative amalgamation options.
On 10 August 2007, the Local Government Reform Implementation Bill 2007 was introduced. The Local Transition Committee for the amalgamation of the councils was established, composing of ten members, which included representatives from each of the three Councils and an Interim CEO. The first meeting of the committee was held on 3 September 2007. On 10 September 2007, Ray Burton was appointed as the interim CEO for the committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pinerivers.qld.gov.au/c/prsc?a=da&did=1372208&pid=1189046151 |title=The Future - Moreton Bay Regional Council |publisher=Pine Rivers Shire Council |website=Pine Rivers Shire Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102112642/http://www.pinerivers.qld.gov.au/c/prsc?a=da&did=1372208&pid=1189046151 |archive-date=2 November 2007 |access-date=6 April 2026}}</ref>
On 15 March 2008, the City and Shires formally ceased to exist and were amalgamated into a new local government area called the Moreton Bay Region. Elections were held on the same day to elect councillors and a mayor to the regional council. In 2012, following the election of the LNP state government, Redcliffe sought to enter a de-amalgamation process; however, a deadline to gather signatures on a petition by 29 August 2012 was missed. The Hills District sought in 2011 to transfer to Brisbane City Council,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paper petition: 1839-11 Hills District - Transfer from Moreton Bay Regional Council to Brisbane City Council jurisdiction |url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Petitions/petition-details/1839-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260526015215/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Petitions/petition-details/1839-11 |archive-date=2026-05-26 |access-date=26 May 2026 |website=Queensland Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Tony |date=2012-09-05 |title=Shift to Brisbane divides Hills district |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/shift-to-brisbane-divides-hills-district-20120905-25ej6.html |access-date=2026-05-26 |website=Brisbane Times |language=en}}</ref> but the local government Change Commissioner declined the proposal on cost grounds.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
On 8 December 2021, the council unanimously voted to rename the council area to Moreton Bay City and to seek approval from the Local Government Change Commission for the renaming.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Lucy |title=Moreton Bay Regional Council to rename itself to Moreton Bay City |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-08/moreton-bay-regional-council-to-rename-to-moreton-bay-city/100683254 |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=ABC Radio Brisbane |agency=ABC |publisher=ABC |date=8 December 2021 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208112413/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-08/moreton-bay-regional-council-to-rename-to-moreton-bay-city/100683254 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In April 2023, the Queensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named Corymbia, Greenstone, Lilywood, Wagtail Grove, and Waraba by excising parts of the existing localities of Bellmere, Rocksberg, Upper Caboolture, and Wamuran.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Current proposals and decisions |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Place Names |publisher=Queensland Government |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621224854/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 December 2022 |title=Proposed Locality Names and Boundaries: Bellmere / Corymbia / Greenstone / Lilywood / Rocksberg / Upper Caboolture / Wagtail Grove / Wamuran / Waraba |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/375161/place-name-proposal-qpn1415-caboolture-west.pdf |access-date=12 July 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621225245/https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/375161/place-name-proposal-qpn1415-caboolture-west.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2023 |title=Locality Names and Boundaries: Bellmere / Corymbia / Greenstone / Lilywood / Rocksberg / Upper Caboolture / Wagtail Grove / Wamuran / Waraba |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/375174/place-name-decision-qpn1415-caboolture-west.pdf |access-date=12 July 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=21 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621225039/https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/375174/place-name-decision-qpn1415-caboolture-west.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
In July 2023, the Moreton Bay Region was renamed the City of Moreton Bay.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New City, New Ambition, Renewed Brand |url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/News/Media/New-City-New-Ambition-Renewed-Brand |access-date=2023-08-05 |publisher=Moreton Bay City Council |archive-date=25 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725041516/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/News/Media/New-City-New-Ambition-Renewed-Brand |url-status=live }}</ref>
The City of Moreton Bay is divided into 12 divisions, each of which elects one councillor. Additionally, the entire city elects a mayor. Allan Sutherland was elected as the first mayor at the 2008 elections, and Peter Flannery as the second mayor in 2020.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
== Council == {{Infobox legislature | name = City of Moreton Bay | foundation = {{Start date|2008|}} | preceded_by = {{Plainlist| *City of Redcliffe *Shire of Pine Rivers *Shire of Caboolture }}
| leader1_type = Mayor | leader1 = Peter Flannery | party1 = Independent | leader1_term = Since March 2020 | leader2_type = Deputy Mayor | leader2 = Jodie Shipway | party2 = Independent | leader2_term = Since October 2021 | seats = 13 elected members including 1 Lord Mayor and 12 Division Councillors | political_groups1 = {{Plainlist| *{{Color box|{{Australian politics/party colours|independent}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (10) *{{Color box|{{Australian politics/party colours|independent labor}}|border=darkgray}} Ind. Labor (2) *{{Color box|{{Australian politics/party colours|independent LNP}}|border=darkgray}} Ind. Liberal National (1)}} | structure1_res = 225px | voting_system1 = Optional preferential voting | first_election1 = 15 March 2008 | last_election1 = 16 March 2024 | next_election1 = 25 March 2028}} === Current composition === The current council as it currently sits, after the 2024 election and subsequent by-election is:{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" |- !Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party |- | Mayor | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Peter Flannery | Independent |- | Division 1 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Brooke Savige | Independent |- | Division 2 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Mark Booth | Independent |- | Division 3 | {{Australian party style|independent LNP}} | | Adam Hain | Independent LNP<ref>{{cite web |author1=Adam Bryan Hain |title=Cr. Hain Register of Interests |url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/11/council/councillor/cr-hain-register-of-interests.pdf |website=moretonbay.qld.gov.au/ |publisher=City of Moreton Bay |access-date=10 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013095106/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/11/council/councillor/cr-hain-register-of-interests.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2024 |date=26 June 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | Division 4 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Jodie Shipway | Independent |- | Division 5 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Sandra Ruck | Independent |- | Division 6 | {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Karl Winchester | Independent Labor |- | Division 7 | {{Australian party style|Independent}} | | Yvonne Barlow | Independent |- | Division 8 | {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Jim Moloney | Independent Labor |- | Division 9 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Cath Tonks | Independent |- | Division 10 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Matthew Constance | Independent |- | Division 11 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Ellie Smith | Independent |- | Division 12 | {{Australian party style|independent}} | | Tony Latter | Independent |}
== Mayors == {{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
=== 2008−present === {| class="wikitable" |- !No.!!Portrait!!Mayor!!Party!!Term start!!Term end<br/> |- ! style="background:#888888; color:white" | 1 | align="center" | 70px | align="center" | Allan Sutherland | align="center" | Independent | align="center" | 15 March 2008 | align="center" | 28 March 2020 |- ! style="background:#888888; color:white" | 2 | align="center" | 70px | align="center" | Peter Flannery | align="center" | Independent | align="center" | 28 March 2020 | align="center" | ''incumbent'' |}
=== Deputy mayors === {{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} {| class="wikitable" |- !No.!!Portrait!!Mayor!!Party!!Term start!!Term end!!colspan="3" | Mayor |- ! style="background:#888888; color:white" | 1 | align="center" | 70px | align="center" | Greg Chippendale | align="center" | Independent | align="center" | 2008 | align="center" | 2013 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#888888; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"| ! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal"|Sutherland <br/> <small>{{nowrap|(Independent)}}</small> |- ! style="background:#888888; color:white" | 2 | align="center" | 70px | align="center" | Mike Charlton | align="center" | Independent | align="center" | 2013 | align="center" | 2020 |- ! style="background:#888888; color:white" | 3 | align="center" | 70px | align="center" | Denise Sims | align="center" | Independent | align="center" | 2020 | align="center" | October 2021 | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#888888; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"| ! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal"|Flannery <br/> <small>{{nowrap|(Independent)}}</small> |- ! style="background:#888888; color:white" | 4 | align="center" | 70px | align="center" | Jodie Shipway | align="center" | Independent | align="center" | 2021 | align="center" | October 2021 |}
== Past councillors ==
=== 2008−present === {{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} {|class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"|Year ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 1 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 2 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 3 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 4 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 5 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 6 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 7 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 8 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 9 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 10 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 11 ! style="color:crimson"; colspan="2"|Div 12 |- ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor ! colspan="2"|Councillor |- | '''2008''' | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | Gary Parsons (Ind.) | rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan="1"; align="center" | Chris Whiting (Ind. Labor) | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | Greg Chippendale (Ind.) | rowspan="3" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="3"; align="center" | Julie Greer (Ind.) | rowspan="3" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="3"; align="center" | James Houghton (Ind.) | rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="1"; align="center" | Rae Frawley (Ind.) | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | David Dwyer (Ind.) | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|labor}}| | rowspan="6"; align="center" | Mick Gillam (Ind. Labor) | rowspan="3" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="3"; align="center" | Mike Charlton (Ind.) | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | Brian Battersby (Ind.) | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | Bob Millar (Ind.) | rowspan="3" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="3"; align="center" | Adrian Raedel (Ind.) |- | '''2012''' | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | Peter Flannery (Ind.) | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|labor}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | Koliana Winchester (Ind. Labor) |- | '''2016''' | rowspan="7" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="7"; align="center" | Brooke Savige (Ind.) | rowspan="5" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="7"; align="center" | Adam Hain (Ind./Ind. LNP) | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="2"; align="center" | Denise Sims (Ind.) | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="7" align="center" ; | Matt Constance (Ind.) | rowspan="7" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="6" align="center" ; | Darren Grimwade (Ind.) |- | '''2020''' | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="6"; align="center" | Mark Booth (Ind.) | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="6"; align="center" | Jodie Shipway (Ind.) | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="6"; align="center" | Sandra Ruck (Ind.) | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|labor}}| | rowspan="6"; align="center" | Karl Winchester (Ind. Labor) | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="6"; align="center" | Cath Tonks (Ind.) | rowspan="6" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| | rowspan="6"; align="center" | Tony Latter (Ind.) |- | ''2021'' | rowspan="1" width="1px" {{Australian party style|lnp}}| | rowspan="5"; align="center" | Yvonne Barlow (Ind. LNP/Ind.) |- | ''2022'' | rowspan="4" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent}}| |- | '''2024''' | rowspan="3" width="1px" {{Australian party style|labor}}| | rowspan="3"; align="center" | Jim Moloney (Ind. Labor) |- | ''2024'' | rowspan="2" width="1px" {{Australian party style|independent LNP}}| |- | ''2025'' | | |}
== Election results == === 2024 === {{excerpt|Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections|section=Moreton Bay}}
== Unitywater == On 1 July 2010, Moreton Bay's water services (along with Sunshine Coast Council's), moved over to the recently created water body, Unitywater. Unitywater was created by the Queensland Government as part of the state's takeover of South East Queensland's water facilities, dams and water supply networks. City of Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast Council and Noosa Shire Council are joint owners of Unitywater.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
== Suburbs == The City of Moreton Bay includes the following places:
=== Redcliffe area === {{div col|colwidth=16em}} * Redcliffe * Clontarf * Deception Bay * Kippa-Ring * Margate * Newport * Rothwell * Scarborough * Woody Point {{end div col}}
=== Pine Rivers area ===
==== Urban suburbs ==== {{div col|colwidth=16em}} * Albany Creek * Arana Hills * Bray Park * Brendale * Eatons Hill * Everton Hills * Ferny Hills * Griffin * Kallangur * Lawnton * Mango Hill * Murrumba Downs * North Lakes * Petrie * Strathpine * Warner {{end div col}}
==== Rural localities ==== {{div col|colwidth=16em}} * Armstrong Creek * Bunya * Camp Mountain * Cashmere * Cedar Creek * Clear Mountain * Closeburn * Dakabin * Dayboro * Draper * Highvale * Jollys Lookout * Joyner * King Scrub * Kobble Creek * Kurwongbah * Laceys Creek * Mount Glorious * Mount Nebo * Mount Pleasant * Mount Samson * Ocean View * Rush Creek * Samford Valley * Samford Village * Samsonvale * Whiteside * Wights Mountain * Yugar {{end div col}}
=== Caboolture area === {{col-begin|width=50%}} {{col-break}} '''Coastal Caboolture region:''' * Beachmere * Bellmere * Burpengary * Burpengary East * Caboolture * Caboolture South * Deception Bay * Donnybrook * Elimbah * Godwin Beach * Meldale * Moodlu * Morayfield * Narangba * Ningi * Sandstone Point * Toorbul * Upper Caboolture {{col-break}} '''Inland Caboolture region:''' * Bellthorpe * Booroobin * Bracalba * Campbells Pocket * Cedarton * Commissioners Flat * Corymbia * D'Aguilar * Delaneys Creek * Greenstone * Lilywood * Moorina * Mount Delaney * Mount Mee * Neurum * Rocksberg * Stanmore * Stony Creek * Wagtail Grove * Waraba * Wamuran * Wamuran Basin * Woodford {{col-break}} '''Bribie Island:''' * Banksia Beach * Bellara * Bongaree * Bribie Island NP: * Welsby * White Patch * Woorim {{col-end}}
== Demographics == The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} The 2011 census was the first for the amalgamated council.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Population<br />(total) ! Caboolture ! Pine Rivers ! Redcliffe |- | 1933 || 11,928 || 5,316 || 4,604 || 2,008 |- | 1947 || 19,402 || 5,716 || 4,815 || 8,871 |- | 1954 || 27,267 || 7,101 || 6,309 || 13,857 |- | 1961 || 39,312 || 8,877 || 8,761 || 21,674 |- | 1966 || 50,785 || 10,149 || 13,309 || 27,327 |- | 1971 || 72,955 || 12,207 || 26,187 || 34,561 |- | 1976 || 103,669 || 19,404 || 45,192 || 39,073 |- | 1981 || 133,056 || 32,644 || 58,189 || 42,223 |- | 1986 || 166,210 || 47,494 || 73,783 || 44,933 |- | 1991 || 205,743 || 70,052 || 87,892 || 47,799 |- | 1996 || 250,077 || 98,859 || 103,192 || 48,026 |- | 2001 || 286,532 || 114,338 || 122,303 || 49,891 |- | 2005 || 325,067 || 131,667 || 141,380 || 52,020 |- | 2007 || 344,878 || 140,288 || 150,871 || 53,719 |- | 2009 || 371,155 || 151,290 || 163,510 || 56,355 |- | 2011 || 389,684 || 158,988 || 172,593 || 58,103 |- | 2016 || 425,302 || - || - || - |- | 2021 || 476,340 || - || - || - |}
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan=5|Selected historical census data for Moreton Bay local government area |- ! colspan="2" |Census year !!2011<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA35010 |name=Moreton Bay (R) |accessdate=8 February 2020 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2016<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA35010 |name=Moreton Bay (R) |accessdate=8 February 2020|quick=on}}</ref> !'''2021'''<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA35010|name=City of Moreton Bay (LGA)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |Population ||Estimated residents on census night ||align="right"|{{formatnum:378045}} ||align="right"|{{formatnum:425302}} |476,340 |- |align="right"|LGA rank in terms of size within Queensland ||align="right"|3{{small|rd}} ||align="right"|{{steady}} 3{{small|rd}} |{{Steady}} 3rd |- |align="right"|% of Queensland population ||align="right"|8.73% ||align="right"|{{increase}} 9.04% |{{Increase}} 9.24% |- |align="right"|% of Australian population ||align="right"|1.76% ||align="right"|{{increase}} 1.82% |{{Increase}} 1.87% |- ! colspan="2" |Dwelling structure!! !! ! |- | rowspan="4" |Dwelling type ||Separate house||align="right"|85.9% ||align="right"|{{decrease}} 83.0% |{{Decrease}} 81.1% |- |Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse||align="right"|7.4% ||align="right"|{{increase}} 11.0% |{{Increase}} 13.3% |- |Flat or apartment||align="right"|5.7% ||align="right"|{{decrease}} 5.0% |{{Decrease}} 4.7% |}
== Facilities == The City of Moreton Bay operates libraries at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Bongaree (Bribie Island), Burpengary, Caboolture, Deception Bay, North Lakes, Redcliffe, Strathpine, and Woodford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/locations/|title=Library locations & opening hours - Libraries|website=Moreton Bay Regional Council|language=en-au|access-date=2018-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072059/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/locations/|archive-date=23 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It also operates a mobile library service on a fortnightly basis serving the suburbs of Beachmere, Bray Park, Dayboro, Donnybrook, Lawnton, Mount Glorious, Mount Mee, Mount Nebo, Mount Samson Petrie, Samford, Toorbul and Warner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/mobile/|title=Mobile Library - Libraries|website=Moreton Bay Regional Council|language=en-au|access-date=2018-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130132241/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/mobile/|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
== Local heritage register == The City of Moreton Bay maintains its local heritage register in two parts:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Planning Scheme Policy: Heritage and Landscape Character|url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/services/building-development/mbrc-plan/psp/v4/heritage_landscape_character.pdf|website=Moreton Bay Regional Council|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522164905/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/services/building-development/mbrc-plan/psp/v4/heritage_landscape_character.pdf|archive-date=22 May 2020|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
* List of sites, objects and buildings of significant historical and cultural value * List of significant trees
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/ City of Moreton Bay] *[http://www.moretoncitynews.com/ Moreton City News]
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