Kingston City sits beside the north eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay, about 15kms south of the Melbourne central business district. It is one of the major manufacturing areas of Melbourne.
The city's industrial strengths include automotive, printing and chemical production. Commercial centres at Southland, Moorabbin and Mordialloc provide an important employment source. The main industries include plastic product manufacturing, other chemical product manufacturing.
Kingston is part of the Metropolitan council grouping and can be compared with similar councils. More information on council groupings can be found here.
Kingston Aboriginal Community Profile (includes Aboriginal organisations)
Aspendale, Aspendale Gardens, Bonbeach, Braeside, Carrum, Chelsea, Chelsea Heights, Cheltenham, Clarinda, Clayton South, Dingley Village, Edithvale, Heatherton, Highett, Mentone, Moorabbin, Moorabbin Airport, Mordialloc, Oakleigh South, Parkdale, Patterson Lakes and Waterways.
For a detailed map showing shire boundaries and locality names, visit VICNAMES.
City of Kingston Local Government Community Satisfaction Survey Results
For further information regarding Local Government elections visit:
9 Councillors elected in October 2020.
Banksia - Cr Cameron Howe
Bunjil - Cr Steve Staikos - Mayor
Caruana - Cr George Hua
Chiquita - Cr Tracey Davies
Como- Cr Chris Hill
Karkarook - Cr Hadi Saab
Longbeach - Cr Georgina Oxley
Melaleuca - Cr Tim Cochrane
Sandpiper- Cr David Eden
Wattle - Jenna Davey-Burns - Deputy Mayor
Yammerbrook - Tasmin Bearsley
Estimated resident population. Source: Victoria in Future 2016 - Population and Household Projections to 2031
Source: Victoria Grants Commission.
The figures in the bottom two rows of the table show combined one-off and ongoing funding received by council from both the Federal and State Governments. It is important to note that this amount can change significantly from year to year as individual government funding programs change and natural events such as fires and floods occur.
Data shows the amount allocated in respect of the relevant financial year. In some years, that amount will vary from the payments received that year, as a result of the Commonwealth "bringing forward" some payments.
| 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurrent Expenditure ($) | 208.956m | 207.312m | 187.434m | 182.442m | 170.526m | 169.246m | 166.278m | 159.403m | 154.691m | 163.406m |
| Recurrent Revenue ($) | 227.875m | 232.578m | 228.887m | 223.208m | 212.863m | 217.277m | 191.689m | 178.020m | 176.123m | 174.502m |
| - Rates and Charges | 143.249m | 145.219m | 141.953m | 134.353m | 129.749m | 125.416m | 118.917m | 113.33m | 107.394m | 99.746m |
| - VGC Grants | 4.574m | 4.543m | 4.607m | 4.451m | 4.295m | 4.302m | 4.316m | 4.337m | 4.227m | 4.179m |
| Non-Recurrent Government Grants |
6.792m |
7.796m |
3.484m |
3.459m |
3.990m |
1.789m |
4.456m |
4.900m |
6.599m |
3.455m |
| Recurrent Government Grants |
43.779m |
38.904m |
38.514m |
34.945m |
36.692m |
32.330m |
26.619m |
25.948m |
25.293m |
24.877m |
View Kingston City's performance across a wide range of service areas
View Performance