New residents
Council welcomes you to Moreland. As a new resident, you join a diverse, active community of around 142, 000 people who have made Moreland home.
Moreland is the traditional home of the Wurundjeri people, part of the Woiworung group. Read more about local Indigenous history and the history of each suburb post-contact.
Welcome Kit for new residents
Council's Welcome Kit has practical community information and tries to make sure that your first experience of Council is positive. The Welcome Kit is a pilot project for Council.
Get a Welcome Kit from a Council Citizens Service Centre at Coburg, Brunswick and Glenroy.
Checklist for new residents
Once you've moved to Moreland, you should:
Enrol to vote in Council elections with the Victorian Electoral Commission
If you have pets: bring or send your pet's registration certificate from another council to Moreland City Council. We will recognise your animal as registered in Moreland until we send you an animal registration renewal in April. Tell your old Council you've moved so they can update their animal database.
If you have children up to six years old: call Council to register your children with Council's Maternal and Child Health Services. Your children are eligible for free and local health check ups.
If you have a car and on-street parking: apply for a residential parking permit.
Living in Moreland
Rubbish, recycling and green waste collection
- Council collects rubbish and recycling bins every week on the same day.
- Your rubbish day listed by street name on this list (PDF 72Kb).
- Council collects garden waste every two weeks.
Hard waste and other rubbish
- Council collects hard waste once a year in February and March.
- It is illegal to leave rubbish on the footpath at all other times. You can be fined and charged.
- Take large or toxic rubbish to a local transfer station.
New bins, compost bins, mulch and worm farms
- Order a new or bigger rubbish, recycling or green waste bin .
- Order a cheap compost bin from Council.
- Ring our Glenroy Depot on 8311 4300 to see if free mulch is available for pickup.
- Buy a worm farm and worms from CERES.
Parking, bike paths and transport
- Apply for a residential parking permit.
- Locations of parking spaces for people with a disability.
- Buses, trains and trams that service Moreland.
- Council's community bus for hire.
- Health Appointment Transport Service
- Bike paths and all public transport on the Moreland TravelSmart map - get a print copy from a Council Citizen Service Centre or Metlink.
Exercise, sport and recreation
Gyms, group fitness classes and health programs
Council operates three Leisure Centres at Brunswick City Baths, Coburg Leisure Centre and Fawkner Leisure Centre with gyms, fitness classes and health programs at an affordable cost.
Sports
Moreland's Online Community Directory lists local sports clubs.
Public pools
- Brunswick City Baths: heated 23 m indoor pool and heated 50 m outdoor pools, learners pools.
- Coburg Leisure Centre: heated 25 m indoor pool, learners pool and water features.
- Coburg Olympic Pool: unheated 50 m olympic pool and learners pool.
- Fawkner Leisure Centre: heated 25 m indoor pool and heated 50 m outdoor pool, learners pool.
- Oak Park Aquatic Centre: waterslide and outdoor pools.
- Pascoe Vale Outdoor Pool: heated 33 m outdoor pool, a learners pool and a diving pool.
Walking trails, bike paths and parks
- Walking trails and bike paths along Merri Creek or Moonee Ponds Creek.
- Bike paths are on the Moreland TravelSmart map - get a print copy from a Council Citizen Service Centre or Metlink.
- List of local parks
- Off-leash parks to exercise your dog
Babies and children
- Baby capsule hire from Council
- Child care including a list of child care centres, before and after school care
- Local playgroups, kindergartens and schools
- Free Story Time and Rhyme Time reading and singing at Moreland libraries
- Council's primary school holiday program
Young people
- Help with school books and study
- School holiday program for teenagers
- FReeZa: be trained to organise live music events
- Youth Summit: annual talkfest for young people
- Free, confidential counselling for young people 11 - 25 years
- Join a book club at a Moreland library
Animals and pets: registration, 
permits, off-leash parks
- Tell your former Council that you've moved.
- Bring your current pet registration to Council, we'll honour it until pet registrations are renewed every April.
- All dogs and cats registered in Moreland must be microchipped.
- Multiple pet permits
- Off-leash dog parks
Local shopping, libraries and other activities
- Shopping areas by suburb
- Libraries
- Discover local musicians and borrow their CDs
- Community groups in Moreland's Online Community Directory
- Do classes or volunteer at a local Neighbourhood House
