| City of Casey Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of Melbourne showing City of Casey | |||||||||||||||
| 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]
- ^ a b "2021 Casey, Census All Persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2024. Resident population, 10 August 2021.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 August 1995). Victorian local government amalgamations 1994–1995: Changes to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 7. ISBN 0-642-23117-6. Retrieved 16 December 2007.