Thanks to everyone who provided their feedback on our community consultation

The City of Stonnington is home to over 106,000 residents and over 18,000 businesses.

During the last 12 months we invited residents, businesses and visitors to participate in a wide range of community consultation projects from the redevelopment of Toorak Village and the Prahran Skate Park, to helping inform the content of our Disability Inclusion and Access Plan, our annual budget and much more.

We also made many improvements to the way we seek your feedback including the implementation of a new digital engagement platform, we've completed more face-to-face engagement in our libraries, parks and activity centres, and introduced a new accessibility tool here on our Connect Stonnington engagement hub.

We sought out feedback from the community on what improvements you would like to see in this space, what we are currently are doing well and what we could improve.

What we heard

  • What we do well

    Community members liked seeing Council officers engaging with the community in locations such as Central Park and our libraries.

    Many people were satisfied with the information provided across various projects such as village development plans.

    Community members reported that the council staff were friendly and informative at pop-up locations.

  • What we can do better

    Community members identified two key priority areas for improvement:

    1. Ensure that the community engagement is genuine.
    2. Improve the feedback of community engagement results.


    Community members reported that their preferred methods of contact are email and direct mail/postcard.

    They also said they preferred shopping centres as a primary location for pop ups.

  • Key Statistics

    • Approximately 50% of participants attended Meet your Councillor sessions.
    • 27% of participants participated in waste strategy/Place-led economic development strategy.
    • People engaged mainly with workshops/online sessions and surveys.
    • 37% of residents were satisfied or very satisfied with community engagements.

Your privacy and personal information

The personal information requested in this survey is being collected by Council for the purpose of community consultation.

To find out how your personal information will be used by Council please visit the privacy policy page.


What do you want to provide feedback on next?