| City of Melton Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of Melton within Melbourne's metropolitan area. | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 178,960 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 338.9/km2 (877.8/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 16 September 1862 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 528 km2 (203.9 sq mi)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Cr Steve Abboushi | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Melton | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Greater Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
| County | Bourke | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Melton | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Melton is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, on Melbourne's western rural–urban fringe.
It covers 528 square kilometres (203.9 sq mi), and as of the 2021 census, Melton had a population of 178,960.[1]
It is governed by the Melton City Council. The seat of local government and administrative offices are located at Council headquarters in Melton, the settlement after which the city takes its name which lies at the western end of the LGA and is currently its largest urban area with a population of over 54,000.[3]
City of Melton has a rapid population growth rate, ranked 3rd fastest among LGAs in Victoria in 2010.[4] It was granted city status in 2012.
- ^ a b "2021 Melton, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Census QuickStats (2016). "Melton (UCL) – UCL211004". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Government of Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Australian Bureau of Statistics".