{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Cardinia Shire | state = vic | image = MelbLGA-Cardinia.gif | caption = | pop = 118194 | pop_year = 2021 | pop_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA21450|name=Cardinia (Local Government Areas)|access-date=6 January 2026|quick=on}}</ref> | area = 1283 | area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA/> | mayor = Cr Jack Kowarzik | seat = Officer | region =Greater Melbourne | stategov = Bass | stategov2= Berwick | stategov3= Monbulk | stategov4= Narracan | stategov5= Pakenham | fedgov = Bruce | fedgov2 = Casey | fedgov3 = La Trobe | logo = Cardinia Shire Council Logo.svg | logo_upright = 1.2 | url = http://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au | near-n = Yarra Ranges | near-ne = Yarra Ranges | near-e = Baw Baw | near-se = South Gippsland | near-s = Bass Coast | near-sw = Mornington Peninsula | near-w = Casey | near-nw = Yarra Ranges | est = 1994 }}
The '''Shire of Cardinia''' is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the south-east of Melbourne between Western Port and the Yarra Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. It has an area of {{convert|1283|sqkm}}, and recorded a population of 118,194 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name=ABSLGA/>
Cardinia Shire Council Offices are located in Officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au|title=Home Page|website=Cardinia Shire Council|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref> Prior to 17 November 2014, they were located in Pakenham.{{Cn|date=January 2026}}
==History== The areas within the present-day boundaries of Cardinia Shire were originally parts of the Cranbourne and Berwick districts, which were incorporated in 1860 and 1862 respectively. The Shire of Fern Tree Gully, later Shire of Sherbrooke, split away in 1889 and included areas to the east of Melbourne. In 1973, the City of Berwick, including Berwick and areas closer to Dandenong, split away from the Shire of Berwick, with the remainder being renamed Shire of Pakenham.<ref name=vmd>{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1992|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|pages=639–40, 805–6, 832–3}} Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room.</ref>
The Shire came into being on 15 December 1994 as the result of statewide local government reform, by merging the Shire of Pakenham with rural sections of the Shire of Sherbrooke and the City of Cranbourne.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/76E601D6DB55E88ACA25722500049195/$File/12570_1994-95.pdf|format=PDF|title=Victorian local government amalgamations 1994–1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|author-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|page=5|isbn=0-642-23117-6|access-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> center|thumb|The Shire of Cardinia's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were immediately before their dissolution in December 1994 The Shire of Cardinia contains the only area of Melbourne to use telephone numbers beginning with the exchange prefix 5 - this is a leftover from when it used the area code 059-xx xxxx.
==Council== Cardinia Shire Council is divided into nine wards:<ref>[https://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/info/20007/your_shire_and_council/749/wards#section-1-key-points- Wards - Cardinia Shire Council]</ref> Beacon Hills, Bunyip, Central, Henty, Officer, Pakenham Hills, Ranges, Toomuc and Westernport. Elections are held every four years, each ward has one councillor. Before October 2020 the shire had three wards: Central, Ranges and Port.
The Council Offices were originally located in Henty Way, Pakenham.<ref>[http://www.sustainability.mav.asn.au/councils/cardinia-shire-council Municipal Association of Victoria – Cardinia]</ref> On 17 November 2014, the Council moved to a new office on Siding Avenue, Officer, which it uses presently. The Council holds its meetings and all of the administration staff work there.
Cardinia Shire is part of the Casey Cardinia Library Corporation and there are two full-time libraries in Cardinia, in Emerald and Pakenham. In addition, the Mobile Library visits the suburbs of Bunyip, Garfield, Tynong, Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield, Gembrook, Maryknoll, Cockatoo, Lang Lang and Koo Wee Rup.<ref>[http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au/about/branches.html CCLC Branch details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218045648/http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au/about/branches.html |date=18 December 2008 }}</ref>
===Current composition=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Ward !!colspan="2"|Party!! Councillor !! Notes |- | Beacon Hills | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Brett Owen | |- | Bunyip | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Alanna Pomeroy | Deputy Mayor<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|url=https://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/info/20046/councillors_and_council_meetings/830/mayor_and_councillors|title=Mayor and councillors|access-date=6 February 2025|publisher=Cardinia Shire Council}}</ref> |- | Central | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Independent Labor | Collin Ross | |- | Henty | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Liz Roberts | |- | Officer | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Samantha Jane-Potter | |- | Pakenham Hills | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Jack Kowarzik | Mayor<ref name="mayor"/> |- | Ranges | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | David Nickell | |- | Toomuc | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Casey Thomsen | |- | Westernport | {{Australian party style|Libertarian}}| | Independent Libertarian | Trudi Paton | |}
===Mayors=== * '''2008''': Bill Ronald * '''2009''': Bill Pearson * '''2010''': Graeme Legge * '''2011''': George Blenkhorn * '''2012''': Ed Chatwin * '''2013''': Brett Owen * '''2014''': Graeme Moore * '''2015''': Leticia Wilmot * '''2016''': Jodie Owen * '''2017:''' Brett Owen * '''2018:''' Collin Ross * '''2019:''' Graeme Moore * '''2020:''' Jeff Springfield * '''2021''': Brett Owen * '''2022:''' Jeff Springfield * '''2023:''' Tammy Radford * '''2024:''' Jack Kowarzik
===Deputy Mayors=== * '''2016''': Leticia Wilmot * '''2017''': Jodie Owen * '''2018:''' Brett Owen * '''2019:''' Collin Ross * '''2020:''' Graeme Moore * '''2021:''' Jeff Springfield * '''2022:''' Tammy Radford * '''2023:''' Jack Kowarzik * '''2024:''' Graeme Moore
==Election results== ===2024=== {{excerpt|Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Outer Melbourne|section=Cardinia results}}
==Townships and localities== In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 118,194, up from 94,128 in the 2016 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census |website=www.abs.gov.au |language=en |date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan="3" | Population |- ! Locality !! 2016 !! 2021 |- | {{VICcity|Avonsleigh}} || 852 || 844 |- | {{VICcity|Bayles}} || 461 || 445 |- | {{VICcity|Beaconsfield}}^ || 6,714 || 7,267 |- | {{VICcity|Beaconsfield Upper}} || 2,861 || 2,997 |- | {{VICcity|Bunyip}} || 2,468 || 3,131 |- | {{VICcity|Bunyip North}} || 112 || 95 |- | {{VICcity|Caldermeade}} || 183 || 181 |- | {{VICcity|Cardinia}} || 376 || 342 |- | {{VICcity|Catani}} || 294 || 297 |- | {{VICcity|Clematis}} || 350 || 352 |- | {{VICcity|Cockatoo}} || 4,256 || 4,408 |- | {{VICcity|Cora Lynn}} || 243 || 220 |- | {{VICcity|Dalmore}} || 163 || 142 |- | {{VICcity|Dewhurst}} || 164 || 151 |- | {{VICcity|Emerald}}^ || 5,778 || 5,890 |- | {{VICcity|Garfield}} || 1,786 || 2,114 |- | {{VICcity|Garfield North}} || 194 || 236 |- | {{VICcity|Gembrook}} || 2,350 || 2,559 |- | {{VICcity|Guys Hill}} || 382 || 388 |- | {{VICcity|Heath Hill}}^ || 161 || 189 |- | {{VICcity|Iona}} || 228 || 240 |- | {{VICcity|Koo Wee Rup}} || 3,579 || 4,047 |- | {{VICcity|Koo Wee Rup North}} || 44 || 47 |- | {{VICcity|Lang Lang}}^ || 1,585 || 2,556 |- | {{VICcity|Lang Lang East}} || 79 || 94 |- | {{VICcity|Longwarry}}^ || 2,004 || 2,436 |- | {{VICcity|Maryknoll}} || 577 || 646 |- | {{VICcity|Menzies Creek}}^ || 998 || 966 |- | {{VICcity|Modella}}^ || 148 || 169 |- | {{VICcity|Monomeith}} || 72 || 69 |- | {{VICcity|Mount Burnett}} || 173 || 180 |- | {{VICcity|Nangana}} || 44 || 54 |- | {{VICcity|Nar Nar Goon}} || 1,012 || 1,023 |- | {{VICcity|Nar Nar Goon North}} || 727 || 819 |- | {{VICcity|Nyora}}^ || 1,527 || 1,644 |- | {{VICcity|Officer}} || 7,133 || 18,503 |- | {{VICcity|Officer South}} || 75 || 1,159 |- | {{VICcity|Pakenham}} || 46,421 || 54,118 |- | {{VICcity|Pakenham South}} || 216 || 229 |- | {{VICcity|Pakenham Upper}} || 1,172 || 1,196 |- | {{VICcity|Rythdale}} || 38 || 33 |- | {{VICcity|Tonimbuk}} || 208 || 229 |- | {{VICcity|Tooradin}}^ || 1,568 || 1,722 |- | {{VICcity|Tynong}} || 456 || 523 |- | {{VICcity|Tynong North}} || 434 || 440 |- | {{VICcity|Vervale}} || 39 || 44 |- | {{VICcity|Yannathan}} || 238 || 272 |}
'''^''' - ''Territory divided with another LGA''
== See also == * List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Shire of Cardinia * Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/ Cardinia Shire Council official website] *[http://profile.id.com.au/cardinia Cardinia Shire facts and statistics] *[http://www.cclc.vic.gov.au/ Casey Cardinia Libraries] *[http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/location/view/8 Metlink local public transport map] *[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp Link to Land Victoria interactive maps] * {{Victorian local government areas pre-1994 vs present map link}}
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