Bonbeach, Victoria

Coordinates: 38°03′43″S 145°07′12″E / 38.062°S 145.12°E

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Bonbeach

Karrum Karrum (Boonwurrung)

Melbourne, Victoria

View of Bonbeach from Port Phillip

Bonbeach

Coordinates

38°03′43″S 145°07′12″E / 38.062°S 145.12°E

Population

6,855 (2021 census)^[1]

• Density

2,450/km² (6,340/sq mi)

Postcode(s)

3196

Area

2.8 km² (1.1 sq mi)

Location

31 km (19 mi) from Melbourne

Suburbs around Bonbeach:
Port Phillip	Chelsea	Chelsea Heights
Port Phillip	Bonbeach	Patterson Lakes
Port Phillip	Carrum	Patterson Lakes

Bonbeach is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,^[2] located within the City of Kingston local government area. Bonbeach recorded a population of 6,855 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Facilities

The entire coastline of Bonbeach consists of a sandy beach facing Port Phillip. Bonbeach has a string of cafés and restaurants along the Nepean Highway.

Since 1926, Bonbeach has been serviced by Bonbeach railway station; a two-platform station on the Frankston line. This station was used during the filming of a scene in the Australian television series Kath & Kim.

Bonbeach Post Office opened on 19 November 1922 (closing in 1923, then reopening in 1926 on the opening of the railway station) and finally closed in 1985.^[3]

Bonbeach has a school called Bonbeach Primary School.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League and a cricket team competing in the Cricket Southern Bayside competition. Golfers play at the course of the Patterson River Country Club alongside the river.^[4] The Bonbeach Lifesaving Club has been running for 75 years.^[5]

Politics

State Politics

Since the state election on 29 November 2014, Carrum has been represented by Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny in Victoria's Legislative Assembly.

Members for Carrum:

	Party	Term
Ian Cathie	Labor	1976–1988
Mal Sandon	Labor	1988–1996
David Lean	Liberal	1996–1999
Jenny Lindell	Labor	1999–2010
Donna Bauer	Liberal	2010–2014
Sonya Kilkenny	Labor	2014–present

Federal government

Bonbeach falls within the Federal lower house Electorate of Isaacs. Bonbeach's current federal MP is Labor's shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus who has held the position since 2007. The Division of Isaacs is considered a safe Labor seat.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bonbeach, Victoria.

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bonbeach (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Postcode for Bonbeach, Victoria (Near Melbourne) – Postcodes Australia".
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 14 March 2021
^ Golf Select, Patterson River, retrieved 11 May 2009
^ http://www.bonbeachlsc.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=18 Bonbeach LSC

v t e Suburbs of the City of Kingston
Aspendale Aspendale Gardens Bonbeach Braeside Carrum Chelsea Chelsea Heights Cheltenham^ Clarinda Clayton South Dingley Village Edithvale Heatherton Highett^ Mentone Moorabbin Moorabbin Airport Mordialloc Oakleigh South^ Parkdale Patterson Lakes Waterways ^ = territory divided with another LGA

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