City of Glen Eira

Settlement

East St Kilda commenced to be settled in the 1850s. The area of Glen Eira was once swamps.

Caulfield became a Shire in 1871 and a City in 1913; Moorabbin became a Shire in 1874 and a City in 1934.

The first railway link to the area was at Caulfield and Carnegie railway stations, which opened in 1879, to be followed in 1881 by Glen Huntly and Ormond railway stations.

• 1857 Caulfield Road District
• 1862 Moorabbin Road District
• 1863 Shire of Caulfield
• 1874 Shire of Moorabbin
• 1913 City of Caulfield
• 1934 City of Moorabbin
• 1994 City of Glen Eira, by merging of Caulfield and north Moorabbin

Train network

Caulfield railway station originally opened on 7 May 1879.

Glen Huntly railway station opened on 19 December 1881 as Glen Huntly Road. It was later renamed to Glen Huntly in 1882 before being renamed Glenhuntly in 1937 and then back to Glen Huntly in 2023.

Ormond railway station opened on 19 December 1881 as North Road. It was later renamed to Ormond in 1897.

Carnegie railway station opened on 14 May 1879 as Rosstown. It was later renamed to Carnegie in 1909.

Monash University, Caulfield Campus

Monash University, Caulfield campus was founded as the Caulfield Technical School in 1922. A Junior Technical High School was added in the 1950s, with the Technical School becoming a Senior Technical High School. They separated in 1958 with the junior school absorbed by other technical schools in the area and the senior school became Caulfield Technical College. In the 1970s it became the Caulfield Institute of Technology. In 1982 the Caulfield Institute of Technology amalgamated with the State College of Victoria at Frankston to form the Chisholm Institute of Technology. This Institution merged with Monash University in 1990 and became Monash University, Caulfield campus.

Sacking of Council, 2004

In September 2004, the then Minister for Local Government, Candy Broad, was asked to appoint an inspector by the Glen Eira City Council to investigate and report on matters arising out of an internal audit of councillors' expenses. In July 2005, the Inspector of Municipal Administration, Merv Whelan, forwarded a report to the Minister.^[6] The key findings portrayed a complete breakdown of communication and behavioural standards within the elected council, although Whelan found the council was well-managed and in a sound financial position because of its CEO and administration. A report in The Age newspaper^[7] alleged that several councillors had used their phone entitlements for non-council purposes.

On 11 August 2005, the then Minister sacked the council,^[8] and appointed John Lester, the former Chief Commissioner of Darebin City Council and former chair of the Victorian Grants Commission, as Administrator. An election for a new council was held on 26 November 2005 with redrawn ward boundaries.^[9] Only one councillor from the previous council, Margaret Esakoff, was re-elected. Three other sacked councillors (Noel Erlich, Veronika Martens and Bob Bury) did run again but failed to get elected into council.

Carbon neutral

Controversially, in 2009 the City of Glen Eira was one of the few regions in the Melbourne metropolitan area to make the decision not to become carbon neutral, despite most LGA's in Melbourne converting to a cleaner energy contract.^[10]

In 2020, Glen passed a motion to declare a climate emergency, and committed to net zero Council carbon emissions by 2025.^[11]

Ages

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 14.7%.^[13]

Registered marital status

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.^[13]

Country of birth

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%.^[13]

Religion

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 were 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%.^[13]

Mayors

2024

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

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2024 Victorian local elections: Glen Eira^[16][17]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		57,980	68.75	+15.39	6	1
	Independent Labor		16,205	19.78	+0.97	3
	Greens		4,253	5.19	–3.77	0	1
	Independent Liberal		1,647	2.01	–11.56	0
	Libertarian		1,060	1.29	+0.67	0
	Victorian Socialists		785	0.96	+0.96	0
Formal votes			81,930	97.15	+2.31
Informal votes			2,407	2.85	–2.31
Total			84,337	100.00		9
Registered voters / turnout			102,201	82.52	–0.66

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2020

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne § Glen Eira.[edit]

More information Party, Votes ...

2020 Victorian local elections: Glen Eira^[18][19]

Party			Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Independent		42,373	53.36	5	2
	Independent Labor		16,474	18.81	3
	Independent Liberal		10,772	13.57	0	3
	Greens		7,846	8.96	1
	Reason		1,390	1.58	0
	Liberal Democrats		549	0.62	0
Turnout			87,531	90.67

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1997–2005 (three wards; preferential voting)

2005–2024 (three wards; proportional representation)

Train lines and stations

Glen Eira is served by 3 train lines.^[20] These are the:

• Frankston Line
• Pakenham/Cranbourne Lines
• Sandringham Line

The Frankston line is served by: Caulfield (Zone 1), Glenhuntly (Zone 1), Ormond (Zone 1 & 2), McKinnon (Zone 1 & 2), Bentleigh (Zone 1 & 2) and then by Patterson (Zone 2).

The Pakenham/Cranbourne lines are both served by:Caulfield (Zone 1), Carnegie (Zone 1) and then by Murrumbeena Railway Station (Zone 1).

The Sandringham Line is served by: Elsternwick (Zone 1).

Tram routes

• Route 3 - Malvern East to Melbourne University which travels along Waverley Road, Balaclava Road, Carlisle Street before proceeding along St Kilda Road into the central business district
• Route 16 - Kew to St Kilda and Melbourne University which travels along Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn Road and Balaclava Road, Carlisle Street, The Esplanade, Fitzroy Street before proceeding along St Kilda Road into the central business district
• Route 64 - Brighton East to Melbourne University which runs along Hawthorn Road and Dandenong Road, before proceeding along St Kilda Road into the central business district
• Route 67 - Carnegie to Melbourne University which runs along Glen Huntly Road and Brighton Road, before proceeding along St Kilda Road into the central business district

Government

Private

Council public library branches

• Bentleigh - 161 Jasper Road, Bentleigh
• Carnegie - a large suburban library and civic centre, which was built in 2005 - 7 Shepparson Avenue, Carnegie
• Caulfield - at the City Hall, Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
• Elsternwick - 4 Staniland Grove, Elsternwick

Private libraries open to the public

• Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library - 7 Selwyn St, Elsternwick
• Makor Jewish Community Library- 306 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield