District Maps/Demographics
Brimbank
Area: 123 square kilometres
Localities:
The City of Brimbank includes the suburbs and localities of:
- Deer Park: includes Albanvale, Cairnlea, Deer Park and Derrimut
- Keilor: includes Keilor, Keilor Park and parts of Keilor East, Tullamarine, Keilor Lodge and Taylors Lakes
- St Albans: Kings Park, St Albans and Kealba
- Sunshine: Albion, Ardeer, Sunshine, Sunshine North, Sunshine West and parts of Brooklyn
- Sydenham: Calder Park
The City of Brimbank is located in the western and north-western suburbs of Melbourne, between 11 and 23 kilometres west and north west of the Melbourne GPO. Brimbank is the second most populous municipality in metropolitan Melbourne, and the largest in the Western Region with approximately 185,000 residents as of June 2009.
Brimbank is named after Brimbank Park in Keilor, which was opened in 1976. The park, which was formerly parkland, derived its name from the practice of the locals driving their stock ‘around the brim of the bank’ of the Maribyrnong River.
The City of Brimbank is home to the peoples of the Kulin Nation, which is made up of five related tribes (language groups): the Woiworung (Wurundjeri), Boonerwrung, Taungurong, Djadjawurrung and the Wathaurong. The peoples of the Kulin Nations are recognised as the traditional custodians of the land.
| Estimated resident population, City of Brimbank (Preliminary updated estimates based on 2006 Census data) | Annual change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year (ending June 30) | Number | Number | Percent (%) |
| 2010 | 189,386 | 3,380 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 186,006 | 4,442 | 2.4 |
| 2008 | 181,564 | 3,436 | 1.9 |
| 2007 | 178,128 | 2,125 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 176,003 | 1,609 | 0.9 |
| 2005 | 174,394 | 1,463 | 0.8 |
| 2004 | 172,931 | 942 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 171,989 | 1,308 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 170,681 | 2,434 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 168,247 | -- | -- |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Cat No. 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009. ‘Preliminary’ refers to preliminary figures that may be subject to revision. All other figures are final.
Map of Brimbank district
Melton
Area: 527 square kilometres
Localities:
The Shire of Melton includes the suburbs and localities of Brookfield, Burnside, Burnside Heights, Caroline Springs, Diggers Rest (part), Exford, Eynesbury (part), Hillside, Kurunjang, Melton, Melton South, Melton West, Mount Cotterell (part), Parwan (part), Plumpton, Ravenhall, Rockbank, Taylors Hill, Toolern Vale and Truganina (part).
The Shire of Melton is located in the outer western fringe of Melbourne, about 40 kilometres west of the Melbourne GPO. The Shire of Melton is bounded by Moorabool Shire in the west, Macedon Ranges Shire in the north, Hume and Brimbank Cities in the east and Wyndham City in the south.
Melton is named after Melton Mowbray, an English town renowed for its fox hunting and coursing.
The original inhabitants of the Melton area were the Wurundjeri Aboriginal people.
| Estimated resident population, Shire of Melton (Preliminary updated estimates based on 2006 Census data) | Annual change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year (ending June 30) | Number | Number | Percent (%) |
| 2010 | 107,150 | 7,088 | 7.1 |
| 2009 | 100,062 | 7,368 | 7.9 |
| 2008 | 92,694 | 6,245 | 7.2 |
| 2007 | 86,449 | 5,035 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 81,414 | 6,346 | 8.5 |
| 2005 | 75,068 | 4,639 | 6.6 |
| 2004 | 70,429 | 5,464 | 8.4 |
| 2003 | 64,965 | 6,716 | 11.5 |
| 2002 | 58,249 | 5,419 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 52,830 |
Source: ‘Preliminary’ refers to preliminary figures that may be subject to revision. All other figures are final. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Cat. No. 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009.
Map of Melton District
