Borough of Queenscliffe Victoria
Location in Victoria
Coordinates	38°15′00″S 144°40′30″E / 38.25°S 144.675°E / -38.25; 144.675
Population	3,276 (2021)[1] 2,853 (2016)[2]
• Density	380.05/km2 (984.3/sq mi)
Established	1863
Gazetted	12 May 1863[3]
Area	8.62 km2 (3.3 sq mi)[4]
Mayor	Isabelle Tolhurst
Council seat	Queenscliff
Region	Barwon South West (region)
County	Grant
State electorate(s)	Bellarine
Federal division(s)	Corangamite
Website	Borough of Queenscliffe
LGAs around Borough of Queenscliffe: Greater Geelong Greater Geelong Port Phillip Bay Greater Geelong Borough of Queenscliffe Port Phillip Bay Bass Strait Bass Strait The Rip

The Borough of Queenscliffe is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It is Australia's last remaining borough and the smallest local government area in the state of Victoria, having survived amalgamation in the early 1990s.^[5]

The council is composed of five councillors elected to represent the municipality. In order of election in 2020, they are:^[6]

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Unsubdivided		Independent	Ross Ebbels	Councillor since 2016
		Liberal	Donnie Grigau
		Independent	Michael Grout
		Independent	Isabelle Tolhurst	Elected on a countback in 2022 to replace Susan Salter[7]
		Independent	Fleur Hewitt

The Borough is currently not subdivided into wards, and its five councillors represented the entire area.

The council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Queenscliff Town Hall, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at its administrative centre in Queenscliff.

• Ross Ebbels (2016-)
• Donnie Grigau (2020-)
• Michael Grout (2020-)
• Fleur Hewitt (2020-)
• Isabelle Tolhurst (2022-)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2023)

• John Burgess (c2008-2012)
• Hélène Butler (c2008-2016)
• Lloyd Davies (c2008-2012)
• Bob Merriman (c2008-2016, 2016-2020)
• David Mitchell (c2008-2012)
• Graham Christie (2012-2015)
• Susan Salter (2012-2022)
• Sue Wasterval (2012-2016)
• Gregory Jones (2015-2016)
• Hélène Marea Cameron (2016)
• Tony Francis (2016-2019)
• Boyce Pizzey (2016-2020)
• Peter Russell (2016)
• Robert Minty (2019-2020)

Isabelle Tolhurst (2022-)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2023)

• Les Irving-Dusting (1992-1995)
• Chris Dyer (1995-1996)
• Kerri Erler (1996-1998)
• John Bugg (1991-2001)
• Val Lawrence (2001-2004)
• John Bugg (2004-2005)
• Pat Semmens (2005)
• Chris Player (2006)
• Pat Semmens (2007)
• Bob Merriman (2008-2012)
• Hélène Cameron (2012-2016)
• Tony Francis (2016-2017)
• Susan Salter (2017-2018)
• Bob Merriman (2018-2019)
• Ross Ebbels (2019-2022)

Fleur Hewitt (2021-)

The original inhabitants of the area are the Wathaurong (or Wadawurrung) people of the Kulin Nation.^[5]

The 2021 census, the borough had a population of 3,276, up from 2,853 in the 2016 census^[8]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Point Lonsdale^	2,684	3,788
Queenscliff	1,315	1,516
Swan Island	0	0

^ - Territory divided with another LGA

The median age in 2021 was 62, up from 60 in the 2016 census^[4].

Ages	2016[4]		2021[4]
	Count	%	Count	%
0-4	78	2.73	86	2.63
5-9	114	4	107	3.27
10-14	138	4.84	118	3.6
15-19	138	4.84	129	3.94
20-24	72	2.52	96	2.93
25-29	51	1.79	68	2.08
30-34	78	2.73	85	2.59
35-39	77	2.7	110	3.36
40-44	129	4.52	115	3.51
45-49	146	5.12	142	4.33
50-54	185	6.48	172	5.25
55-59	211	7.4	255	7.78
60-64	289	10.13	324	9.89
65-69	331	11.6	426	13
70-74	295	10.34	377	11.51
75-79	222	7.78	293	8.94
80-84	164	5.75	217	6.62
85-89	103	3.61	109	3.33
90-94	37	1.3	51	1.56
95-99	8	0.28	11	0.34
100+	0	0	0	0

Affiliation	2016[4]		2021[4]
	Count	%	Count	%
Catholic	560	19.63	605	18.47
Anglican	476	16.68	485	14.8
Baptist	32	1.12	23	0.7
Lutheran	4	0.14	11	0.34
Pentecostal	38	1.33	30	0.92
Presbyterian & Reformed	88	3.08	78	2.38
Salvation Army	0	0	0	0
Seventh-day Adventist	4	0.14	4	0.12
Uniting Church	258	9.04	233	7.11
Other Protestantism	0	0	5	0.15
Protestantism total	900	31.55	869	26.53
Churches of Christ	3	0.11	4	0.12
Eastern Orthodox	11	0.39	18	0.55
Jehovah's Witnesses	0	0	5	0.15
Latter Day Saints	0	0	0	0
Other Christian	50	1.75	42	1.28
Other Christian total	64	2.24	69	2.11
Christian total	1,517	53.17	1,542	47.07
Buddhism	13	0.46	22	0.67
Hinduism	9	0.32	17	0.52
Islam	3	0.11	6	0.18
Judaism	0	0	3	0.09
Sikhism	0	0	0	0
Other non-Christian	0	0	0	0
Non-Christian total	25	0.88	48	1.47
No Religion, so described1	970	34	1,386	42.31
Other Beliefs2	14	0.49	14	0.43
Irreligion total	989	34.67	1,401	42.77
Not Stated3	326	11.43	286	8.73
Totals4	2,853	100%	3,276	100%

1: 'No Religion, so described' does not include those who reported Secular and Other Spiritual Beliefs such as Atheism, Agnosticism and Own Spiritual Beliefs

2: Includes relatively small numbers of so-called 'Secular Beliefs' such as Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism &, Rationalism, and Other Spiritual Beliefs such as New Age, Own Spiritual Beliefs, Theism(!), etc.^[9]

3: Includes 'Inadequately described'

4: Due to rounding, figures may not add up to the totals shown.

The Bellarine Railway runs as a Narrow gauge tourist railway to Drysdale along the former Broad gauge route.

Queenscliff line was once a branch line from Geelong; however, it now formes the Bellarine Rail Trail, a 32 km walking and cycling track that follows the route of the former rail line.

Bellarine Highway

Searoad Ferries provides transport from Queenscliff to Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.

Library name	Branch	Address	Notes
Geelong Regional Libraries	Queenscliff Library	49-55 Hesse Street, Queenscliff	Wirrng Wirrng (Queenscliffe Hub) houses the Queenscliffe Visitor Information Centre, Queenscliff Library and Queenscliffe Historical Museum[10][11]

League	Team	Est.
Bellarine Football League	Queenscliff Football Club (Coutas)	1884

League	Team	Est.
Bellarine Netball League	Queenscliff Netball Club	?

• Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
• Fort Queenscliff Museum

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Borough of Queenscliffe

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