City of Glen Eira
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City of Glen Eira Victoria |
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| Population | 146,303 (2015 est) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,780/km2 (9,791/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 38.7 km2 (14.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Neil Pilling | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Caulfield | ||||||||||||
| Region | Inner Southern Metropolitan Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Glen Eira | ||||||||||||
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Council of the City of Glen Eira
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Council political groups
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Liberal: 3-4 seats
Labor: 3 seats
Greens: 2 seats
Independent: 0-1 seats
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The City of Glen Eira is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 38.4 square kilometres (14.83 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 131,013 people (51.3% female and 48.7% male). It was formed in 1994 from the merger of the City of Caulfield and parts of the City of Moorabbin.
Suburbs which lay within Glen Eira are:
See List of Melbourne suburbs for other Melbourne suburbs and municipalities.
The median age for Glen Eira residents is 37 years. Children 0–14 years make up 18.0% of the population, 15 to 19 years = 5.4%, 20 to 64 = 61.9% and those 65 years and over make up 14.7% of the population.
Of people in Glen Eira aged 15 years and over, 49.6% are married, 35.1% have never married and 9.1% are divorced or separated.
The country of birth for City of Glen Eira residents includes Australia 60.3%, India 3.8%, China 3.2%, England 2.8%, South Africa 2.3% and Greece 1.7%.
The City of Glen Eira includes a large Jewish community in Elsternwick, St Kilda East and Caulfield. At the 2011 Census 54.9% of all Victorians who gave Judaism as their religion living in Glen Eira. The major responses were No Religion 22.9%, Catholicism 20.1%, Judaism 18.9%, Anglican 8.4% and Eastern Orthodox 6.6%.
Glen Eira City Council is the third tier of government and deals with services such as garbage collection, building permits and approvals, roads, drainage, health services, food safety, parks and gardens, library services, pets, street parking permits and the collection of rates and charges. The Council meets at the Glen Eira Town Hall.
This area was originally occupied by the Wurundjeri, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation, who spoke variations of the Woiwurrung language group.
Victoria was proclaimed a separate colony in 1851.
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