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City of Knox
Victoria
City of Knox; Victoria
	Map of Melbourne showing City of Knox
Population	165,147 (2020) (42nd)
• Density	1,449/km2 (3,752/sq mi)
Established	1963
Area	114 km2 (44.0 sq mi)
Mayor	to be elected
Council seat	Wantirna South
Region	Greater Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Bayswater; Monbulk; Rowville;
Federal division(s)	Aston
Website	City of Knox
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The City of Knox is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 114 square kilometres (44.0 sq mi) and in 2020, Knox had a population of 165,147.^[1] This municipality is one of only a handful that survived the widespread municipal amalgamations that occurred in Victoria in the early 1990s.^[2]

History

The City of Knox was named after Sir George Hodges Knox (1885–1960), a former soldier and speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[3] The City of Knox Crest incorporates his family's motto 'Move and Prosper'.^[4]

The area which is now Knox was once part of the Scoresby Riding of the Shire of Berwick. On 23 May 1889, the riding was severed to create the Shire of Fern Tree Gully, which extended as far east as Olinda and Monbulk in the Dandenong Ranges. Post-World War II development in the area closer to Melbourne led to rapid urbanisation and population growth—over 21,000 residents lived in the Knox area by the 1961 Census. A plebiscite to determine local residents' views led to the creation of the Shire of Knox on 9 October 1963, which was proclaimed on 16 November 1963 by the Governor of Victoria.^[5] It was declared a City on 4 July 1969. By the 1986 Census, the area was home to over 100,000 residents.^[6]^[7]

On 15 December 1994, the City of Knox was one of the few councils (and one of only four in Melbourne) to survive the statewide amalgamation and its boundaries extended to add the suburb of Upper Ferntree Gully and part of Lysterfield from the former Shire of Sherbrooke.^[2]

Wards

At present, the City of Knox has nine wards, each electing one councillor for a period of four years.^[8]

Baird ward
Chandler ward
Collier ward
Dinsdale ward
Dobson ward
Friberg ward
Scott ward
Taylor ward
Tirhatuan ward

Prior to 1994, the Council had three wards, each of which elected three councillors:

Bayswater/Wantirna ward
Boronia ward
Rowville/Scoresby ward

Council

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) manages local council elections every 4 years.^[9]

One councillor is elected to represent each of the 9 wards.

The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected by the Councillors at the November Council meeting each year.^[8]

The council, as of November 2024,^[8] is:

Ward		Councillor
Baird	Independent	Peter Lockwood
Chandler	Independent	Paige Kennett
Collier	Independent	Chris Duncan
Dinsdale	Independent	Robert Williams
Dobson	Independent	Meagan Baker
Friberg	Independent	Parisa Considine
Scott	Independent	Lisa Cooper
Taylor	Independent	Susan Pearce
Tirhatuan	Independent	Glen Atwell

Townships and localities

The 2021 census, the city had a population of 159,103 up from 154,110 in the 2016 census^[10]

Population
Locality	2016	2021
Bayswater	11,758	12,262
Boronia	22,195	23,607
Ferntree Gully	26,428	27,398
Knoxfield	7,462	7,645
Lysterfield^	6,663	6,681
Rowville	33,672	33,571
Sassafras^	1,061	970
Scoresby	6,022	6,066
The Basin	4,416	4,497
Upper Ferntree Gully^	3,416	3,417
Wantirna	13,818	14,237
Wantirna South	19,271	20,754