City of Casey Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 365,239 (2021)[1] (8th) | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 893.0/km2 (2,312.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 409 km2 (157.9 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Narre Warren | ||||||||||||||
Region | Greater Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
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Website | City of Casey | ||||||||||||||
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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 2021 population of 365,239.[1] It has an area of 409 square kilometres (157.9 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 the Shire of Cranbourne (including Cranbourne itself), and the Churchill Park Drive estate within the City of Knox.[3]