The City of Monash is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne with an area of 81.5 square kilometres and a population of 200,077 people in 2016.

Demographics

Monash has a diverse population, with 45% of its residents born overseas (compared to 29.0% across Melbourne), coming from more than 30 countries, with significant Chinese, UK, Greek, Indian, Malaysian and Sri Lankan populations. 42.4% of residents own their own home outright, compared to 33.1% in Melbourne, and 37.3% across Australia. The city is well educated, with 25.1% having a bachelor or higher degree (compared to 19.6% across Melbourne.

History

The City of Monash was once hunting grounds for the Bunurong people. The City of Monash, named after World War I commander Sir John Monash and the local Monash University (established 1958), was created on 15 December 1994 when the state government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria, merging a substantial portion of the former

City of Oakleigh The City of Oakleigh was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1891 until 1994. History Oakleigh was initially part of the Oakleigh R ...

with the whole of the former City of Waverley.

Suburbs

* Ashwood * Burwood (Shared with the City of Whitehorse) *

Chadstone Chadstone is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Chadstone recorded a population of 9,552 at the 2021 census. Landmarks inc ...

* Clayton *

Glen Waverley Glen Waverley is a list of Melbourne suburbs, suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government ...

Hughesdale Hughesdale may refer to: * Hughesdale, Victoria, Australia; a suburb of Melbourne * Hughesdale railway station, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * Hughesdale, Rhode Island, USA; a neighborhood of Johnston See also * * Hughes (disambiguation) * Hu ...

* Huntingdale * Mount Waverley * Mulgrave * Notting Hill * Oakleigh * Oakleigh East *

Oakleigh South Oakleigh South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Kingston and Monash local government areas. Oakleigh South recorded a population of 9,85 ...

(Shared with the City of Kingston) * Wheelers Hill

Mayors

Councillors

Current

Single-member wards, 2000-2005

Multi-member wards, 2005-2024

CB = Countback after previous Councillor retired or died

Schools

State

There are 27 primary and 9 secondary state-based schools in the city of Monash. * Ashwood High School * Brentwood Secondary College *

Glen Waverley Secondary College Glen Waverley Secondary College is a non-selective public government school located in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia. It is one of the largest secondary schools in Victoria, with 1,979 students and 158 teachers as of 2017. In addition, t ...

* Highvale Secondary College * John Monash Science School *

Monash Tech School Monash Tech School is one of ten Tech Schools funded by the Victorian State Government. Its name is linked to STEM education and references 'Technology' rather than 'Technical' training. It is hosted by Monash University and administered by John ...

Mount Waverley Secondary College Mount Waverley Secondary College is a public secondary school located in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley. The school consists of roughly 1900 students and is one of the largest in the state. The school consists of two campuses (junior and ...

South Oakleigh Secondary College South Oakleigh College is a Victorian state co-educational secondary college serving Oakleigh and surrounding districts within the City of Monash in south eastern Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is t ...

* Wellington Secondary College * Wheelers Hill Secondary College

Private

Avila College , motto_translation = Daughters of the Church , established = 1965 , type = Independent, single-sex, day school , denomination = Roman Catholic , slogan = , principal = Michelle Cotter , city = Mount Waverley , state ...

Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day school, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as ...

– Wheelers Hill Campus *

Huntingtower School Huntingtower may refer to: *Huntingtower, a part of the village of Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield, near Perth, Scotland *Huntingtower Castle, near the village of Huntingtower, Scotland *Huntingtower (novel), ''Huntingtower'' (novel), a 1922 novel by ...

* Mazenod College * Oakleigh Grammar *

Sacred Heart Girls' College Sacred Heart Girls' College (SHGC) is an independent Roman Catholic secondary school for girls from years 7 to 12 located in the Melbourne south-eastern suburb of Oakleigh, in Victoria, Australia. It was opened in 1957 by the Sisters of Our ...

Salesian College A Salesian school is an educational institution run by the Roman Catholic Salesian Congregation of Saint John Bosco (or Don Bosco), and one that uses his methods. Salesian schools are dedicated to young people in an educational and formative envir ...

* Wesley College – Glen Waverley Campus

Monash Gallery of Art

The premier cultural facility of the City of Monash is the Monash Gallery of Art (MGA), located at 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill. MGA is the Australian home of photography and a leading public gallery. MGA collects, preserves, presents and interprets Australian Photography, providing cultural enrichment to its audiences through innovative engagement, exhibition and education programs. MGA's collection features over 2,500 photographs reflecting the history and development of Australian photographic practice from the 19th century to today. The collection is diverse and includes many iconic images and the work of photographers recognised as nationally significant. ''Speak the Wind'', an exhibition of photographs by

Hoda Afshar Hoda Afshar (born 1983) is an Iranian documentary photographer who is based in Melbourne. She is known for her 2018 prize-winning portrait of Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani, who suffered a long imprisonment in the Manus Island detentio ...

, takes place from 29 April to 22 May 2022, as one of a series of official exhibitions of ''PHOTO 2022'': International Festival of Photography, taking place in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Afshar published a book of the same name in 2021, which includes an essay by

Michael Taussig Michael T. Taussig (born 3 April 1940 in Sydney) is an Australian anthropologist and professor at Columbia University. He is best known for his engagement with Karl Marx, Marx's idea of commodity fetishism, especially in terms of the work of Walt ...

and documents the landscapes and people of the islands of Hormuz, Qeshm, and Hengam, in the Persian Gulf off the south coast of Iran.

Sporting Teams

Soccer

Oakleigh Cannons Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club, established by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community, currently competes in the NPL Victoria. The cl ...

Monash City FC Monash City Villarreal Football Club is an Association Football (soccer) club from the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Monash City FC was established in 1997 from the ashes of the Oakleigh United Club and changed their name in 2020 ...

* Mount Waverley Soccer Club *

Monash University Football Club The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 4. In addition there ...

Eastern Lions SC Eastern Lions Soccer Club is an Australian football club based in Burwood, Victoria, currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2. Its home ground is the Gardiners Reserve. Club history Eastern Lions Soccer Club was founded in 1 ...

* Brandon Park SC * Glen Waverley SC

Australian Rules

* Oakleigh Chargers * Chadstone Football Club * Waverley Blues * Waverley Park Hawks JFC * Ajax Football Club

Netball

Waverley Netball Waverley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Waverley'' (novel), by Sir Walter Scott ** ''Waverley'' Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel * Waverley Harrison, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Stree ...

Public Libraries

Monash Public Library Service Monash may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places Australia Australian Capital Territory * Monash, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra South Australia * Monash, South Australia, a town Victoria * City of Monash, a municipality * Division of Mo ...

provides library service through six branch libraries: Clayton, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Oakleigh and Wheelers Hill, as well as a Home Library Service.