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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.^{[citation needed]}

City of Knox Victoria
Map of Melbourne showing City of Knox
Population	165,147 (2020)[1] (42nd)
• Density	1,449/km2 (3,752/sq mi)
Established	1963
Area	114 km2 (44.0 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Susan Laukens
Council seat	Wantirna South
Region	Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Bayswater Ferntree Gully Monbulk Rowville
Federal division(s)	Aston
Website	City of Knox
LGAs around City of Knox: Whitehorse Maroondah Yarra Ranges Monash City of Knox Yarra Ranges Greater Dandenong Casey Casey

History

The City of Knox was named after Sir George Hodges Knox (1885–1960), a former soldier and speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[2] The City of Knox Crest incorporates his family's motto 'Move and Prosper'.[3]

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. It was declared a City on 4 July 1969. By the 1986 Census, the area was home to over 100,000 residents.[4][5]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Council

The council, as of November 2021,[6] is:

Ward	Party		Councillor	Notes
Baird		Independent	Yvonne Allred
Chandler		Independent	Jude Dwight
Collier		Independent	Marcia Timmers-Leitch
Dinsdale		Independent	Sorina Grasso[7]
Dobson		Independent	Meagan Baker
Friberg		Independent	Susan Laukens	Elected Mayor on Monday 15 November 2021[8]
Scott		Independent	Lisa Cooper
Taylor		Liberal[9]	Darren Pearce
Tirhatuan		Independent	Nicole Seymour	Elected Deputy Mayor on Monday 15 November 2021

Wards

At present, the City of Knox has nine wards, each electing one councillor for a period of four years.[6]

• 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

Suburbs

• Bayswater
• Boronia
• Ferntree Gully
• Knoxfield
• Lysterfield (Shared with the Shire of Yarra Ranges)
• Rowville
• Sassafras (Shared with the Shire of Yarra Ranges)
• Scoresby
• The Basin
• Upper Ferntree Gully (Shared with the Shire of Yarra Ranges)
• Wantirna
• Wantirna South

Population

Year	Population
1961	21,281
1966	36,491
1971	56,786
1976	74,456
1981	88,902
1986	104,207
1991	121,982
1996	130,401
2001	141,408
2006	146,740
2016	154,110
2020	165,147

Religion

• CityLife Church – CityLife Church Weblink
• Hills Bible Church- Hills Bible Church is a Reformed Baptist congregation
• Knox Community Baptist Church
• St.Jude's Parish, Scoresby
• Knox Presbyterian Church
• Our Saviours Lutheran Church
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• The Salvation Army
• Truth and Liberation Concern
• St.Thomas Anglican Church Upper Ferntree Gully

Transport

There are a number of bus routes that service the city run by Ventura Bus Lines the city has 4 train stations that are run by Metro Melbourne.

See also

• List of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the City of Knox

References

External links

• Knox City Council – Official website
• Knox Central Primary School
• Public Transport Victoria local public transport map
• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps
• Knox Historical Society Inc.
• Ringwood Community Garden – Selkirk Avenue, Wantirna

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