Moorabool is experiencing a baby boom for the second consecutive year, according to council.
Council said 506 babies were born in the municipality in 2021-22, up from the previous record high of 462 births in 2020-2021.
Council’s Maternal and Child Health Service recorded the extraordinary boom, with nurses seeing a 58 per cent increase in births over the past 15 years.
It’s also a significant jump from 2019-2020’s birth figures, with 391 babies born in the year prior to the COVID pandemic, council said.
“Maternal and Child Health team has worked exceptionally hard throughout the pandemic. They’ve continued to provide face-to-face services to the community, and ensured families are provided with ongoing wellbeing, parenting, breastfeeding and sleep support, including over the phone or via video calls where required,” mayor Tom Sullivan said.
“We thank the team for their outstanding commitment during this time and congratulate all the Moorabool families welcoming new babies.”
Council said that the record births and tree-changers had helped grow Moorabool’s population by 2 per cent every year since 2005.
The population is forecast to double by 2040.
