City of Bayside

For the local government area in Sydney, see Bayside Council.

The City of Bayside is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is within the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 36 square kilometres and in 2018 had a population of 105,718 people.^[1]

City of Bayside Victoria
Map of Melbourne showing City of Bayside
Coordinates	37°56′00″S 145°01′00″E
Population	105,718 (2018)[1]
• Density	2,860/km2 (7,400/sq mi)
Established	1994
Area	37 km2 (14.3 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Cr Hanna El Mouallem
Council seat	Sandringham
Region	Greater Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Brighton Sandringham
Federal division(s)	Goldstein
Website	City of Bayside
LGAs around City of Bayside: Port Phillip Port Phillip Glen Eira City of Bayside Glen Eira Port Phillip Kingston

Council Chambers, Boxshall Street Brighton

History

City of Brighton

Main article: City of Brighton (Victoria)

In 1858, after receiving two petitions, the Government proclaimed the Municipality of Brighton. Brighton was proclaimed a borough in 1863, a town in 1887, and a city in 1919.^{[citation needed]}

City of Sandringham

Main article: City of Sandringham

The Moorabbin Road District was created in 1862 and became the Shire of Moorabbin in 1871. In 1917, parts of the West and South ridings were severed to create the Borough of Sandringham and three years later parts of the South and Cheltenham ridings were severed to create the Borough of Mentone and Mordialloc. The two boroughs became the Town of Sandringham and the Town of Mentone and Mordialloc in 1919 and 1923 respectively and Sandringham the City of Sandringham in 1923.^{[citation needed]}

City of Moorabbin

Main article: City of Moorabbin

Created a road district on 16 May 1862 and later proclaimed a shire in January 1871. A portion of Moorabbin Shire severed and annexed to Brighton Town in 1912 and a portion severed in 1917. The Borough of Mentone and Mordialloc was established in 1920 and re-subdivided in 1929 and later proclaimed a city in 1934.^{[citation needed]}

City of Mordialloc

Main article: City of Mordialloc

Created as the Borough of Mentone and Mordialloc by severance from Moorabbin Shire in May 1920. Redefined as a portion of Moorabbin Shire being severed and annexed in 1921. Declared a town in April 1923 and its name changed to Town of Mordialloc in April 1923 and later gazetted a city on 5 May 1926.^{[citation needed]}

City of Bayside

On 15 December 1994 a new municipality was created to form Bayside City Council which comprises the former City of Brighton, the former City of Sandringham and part of the former City of Mordialloc west of Charman Road and part of the City of Moorabbin between the railway and Charman Road.

Under the initial proposal for the LGA, it was to be named "City of Warrain", warrain being a Boon wurrung word for "by the sea" (and also an earlier name for North Road^[2]), but the City of Sandringham proposed that the name "Bayside" be used instead.^[3]

The City of Bayside's predecessor LGAs (green) as they were in 1994

Bayside City Council corporate centre

Bayside was rated eighth of 590 Australian Local Government Areas in the Bankwest Quality of Life Index 2008.^[4]

Council

Council composition

Ward	Party		Councillor[5]	Notes
Beckett		Ind. Liberal	Debbie Taylor-Haynes	Deputy Mayor
Bleazby		Ind. Liberal	Robert Irlicht
Boyd		Independent	Kylie McIntosh
Castlefield		Independent	Elli Murray
Dendy		Independent	Hanna El Mouallem	Mayor
Ebden		Ind. Liberal	Geoff Leigh
Ivison		Independent	Andrew Hockley

Past councillors

1997−2008 (nine wards)

Year	Abbott		Charman		Clayton		Dendy		Ebden		Mair		Moysey		Smith		Were
	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
1997		Michael Harwood (Ind.)		Terry O'Brien (Ind.)		Craig Tucker (Ind.)		Elizabeth Francis (Ind.)		Simon Russell (Ind.)		Alex del Porto (Ind.)		Vivien Kluger (Ind.)		Graeme Disney (Ind.)		Jill McKiggan (Ind.)
2000		Nicholas Eden (Ind.)						Gary Andrews (Ind.)						Ken Beadle (Ind.)				Michael Heffernan (Liberal)
2003		Chris Carroll (Ind.)		Craig Tucker (Ind.)		Andrew McLorinan (Ind.)				Derek Wilson (Ind.)						Mike Dwyer (Ind.)		Tim Ryan (Ind.)
2005		Michael Norris (Ind.)		Terry O'Brien (Ind.)				Kristin Stegley (Ind.)						John Knight (Ind.)		James Long (Ind.)		Clifford Hayes (Ind.)

2008−2020 (three wards)

Central Ward

Year	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
2008		James Long	Independent		Felicity Frederico	Liberal		Louise Cooper-Shaw	Independent
2012								Stephen Hartney	Liberal
2014								Bruce Lowe	Independent
2016					Rob Grinter	Liberal		Sonia Castelli	Independent

Northern Ward

Year	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
2008		Alex del Porto	Independent		Clifford Hayes	Independent
2010						Sustainable Australia
2012					Michael Heffernan	Liberal
2016

Southern Ward

Year	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
2008		Michael Norris	Independent		Simon Russell	Independent
2012		Lawrence Evans	Independent		Heather Stewart	Independent
2016					Clarke Martin	Independent

Election results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne § Bayside results.[edit]

2024 Victorian local elections: Bayside^[6]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		42,161	70.05	–9.61	4	3
	Independent Liberal		16,975	28.20	+16.97	3	3
	Greens		652	1.08	–6.73	0
	Victorian Socialists		402	0.67	+0.67	0
Formal votes			60,190	94.82
Informal votes			3,288	5.18
Total			63,478	100.00		7
Registered voters / turnout			75,633	83.93

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 101,306 up from 97,087 in the 2016 census^[7]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Beaumaris	13,349	13,947
Black Rock	6,159	6,389
Brighton	23,253	23,252
Brighton East^	15,998	16,757
Cheltenham^	22,291	23,992
Hampton	13,391	13,518
Hampton East	4,689	5,069
Highett^	10,454	12,016
Sandringham	10,241	10,926

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

See also

• List of mayors of Bayside
• List of Melbourne suburbs