City of Casey

City of Casey
Victoria
Map of Melbourne showing City of Casey
Population 299,301 (2016 census)[1] (8th)
 • Density 730.18/km2 (1,891.16/sq mi)
Established 1994
Area 409.9 km2 (158.3 sq mi)
Mayor Geoff Ablett
Council seat Narre Warren
Region Southeast Metropolitan Melbourne
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
Website City of Casey
LGAs around City of Casey:
Knox Yarra Ranges Cardinia
Dandenong
Frankston		 City of Casey Cardinia
Mornington Peninsula Western Port Western Port

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 2016 census population of 299,301.[1] It has an area of 409.9 square kilometres (158.3 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 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.

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]

City council

Casey City Council
Type
Type
Council of the City of Casey
Structure
Council political groups
      Liberal (6)
     Independents (3)
     Labor (1)
     Rise Up Australia (1)

The City of Casey is divided into six wards.[5]

Elections are held every four years with voters in Balla Balla Ward electing one councillor and all other wards electing two councillors per ward. The eleven councillors vote each year to elect a mayor.

WardCouncillorNotes
Balla Balla  Geoff Ablett[6]
Edrington  Susan Serey[7]
 Timothy Jackson[8]
Four Oaks  Rosalie Crestani[9]
 Milla Gilic[10]
Mayfield  Amanda Stapledon[11]
 Steve Beardon[12]
River Gum  Damien Rosario[13]
 Wayne Smith[14]
Springfield  Sam Aziz[15][lower-alpha 1]
 Rex Flannery[12]

Places of interest

Suburbs and towns

The following suburbs, townships and rural localities are within the City of Casey:[16]

See List of Melbourne suburbs for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities.

Sport

The Casey Demons (formerly Scorpions), an Australian rules football club represent 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 Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club also have their home ground at Casey Fields.

The Melbourne Football Club has developed a partnership with the City of Casey,[17] with training sessions and other events held at Casey Fields.

Media

Community Radio – 97.7 FM 3SER

Friendship and Sister City Relationships

The City of Casey is twinned with[18]

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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Mayor, formerly Labor party[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Casey (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 November 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994–1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). 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. 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. ↑ Electoral results for the district of Cranbourne
  7. ↑ Electoral district of Narre Warren South
  8. ↑ "Bulk of Casey council candidates declare they are independent, but still plenty of party members" Megan Bailey, Cranbourne Leader, 28 September 2016
  9. ↑ Senate results for the Australian federal election, 2016
  10. ↑ Electoral district of Narre Warren North
  11. ↑ Electoral results for the district of Narre Warren North
  12. 1 2 "Independent candidates in Casey council elections cry foul" Megan Bailey, Cranbourne Leader, 3 August 2016
  13. ↑ http://berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au/news/2016-10-13/independent-minded-liberal/
  14. ↑ "The Figures", Casey Weekly Cranbourne, 5 November 2012.
  15. 1 2 "Ombudsman calls third councillor", John Ferguson, Rachel Baxendale, The Australian, 7 November 2014.
  16. ↑ City of Casey (2014). "Suburbs maps". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Melbourne Football Club - Casey Partnership". Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "Friendship and Sister city Relationships". City of Casey. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  19. ↑ http://www.casey.vic.gov.au/council/our-city/sistercities/berwick
  20. ↑ http://www.casey.vic.gov.au/council/our-city/sistercities/springfield
  21. ↑ http://www.casey.vic.gov.au/council/about-casey/sistercities/ermera

Coordinates: 38°05′24″S 145°19′23″E / 38.090°S 145.323°E / -38.090; 145.323

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