City of Merri-bek

Merri-bek City Council Victoria
Location within Melbourne metropolitan area
Coordinates	37°44′S 144°57′E / 37.733°S 144.950°E / -37.733; 144.950
Population	181,725 (2018)[1] (33rd)
• Density	3,560/km2 (9,230/sq mi)
Established	1994
Area	51 km2 (19.7 sq mi)[1]
Mayor	Adam Pulford (Greens)
Council seat	Coburg
Region	Greater Melbourne
State electorate(s)	Broadmeadows Brunswick Melbourne Niddrie Pascoe Vale
Federal division(s)	Cooper Maribyrnong Melbourne Wills
Website	Merri-bek City Council
LGAs around Merri-bek City Council: Hume, Brimbank Hume Whittlesea Moonee Valley Merri-bek City Council Darebin Moonee Valley Melbourne Yarra

The City of Merri-bek (/ˈmɛriː bɛk/^[2]) is a local government area in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 11 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD. The Merri-bek local government area covers 51 km² (20 sq mi), and in June 2018, it had a population of 181,725.^[1]

The local government area was created as the City of Moreland in 1994 during the amalgamations of local governments by the state government, being created from the former local government areas of the City of Brunswick, the City of Coburg and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows. It was renamed to Merri-bek in September 2022.^[3]

In 2004 the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), an independent authority created under Victorian state legislation, conducted a representation review of the council's electoral structure, resulting in a recommendation that the 10 single councillor wards be replaced by three multi-councillor wards. A consequence of the change from single-councillor to multi-councillor wards was a change in election method from Instant runoff voting to proportional representation via Single transferable vote. Elections are held every four years.^[4]