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City of Melton Victoria
Location of Melton within Melbourne's metropolitan area.
Population	135,443 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	256.86137256.861/km2 (665.2679665.27/sq mi)
Established	1862
Area	527.3 km2 (203.6 sq mi)
Mayor	Cr Bob Turner
Council seat	Melton
Region	Western Metropolitan Melbourne
County	Bourke
State electorate(s)	Kororoit Macedon Melton Sydenham
Federal Division(s)	Gorton
Website	City of Melton
LGAs around City of Melton: Macedon Ranges Macedon Ranges Hume Moorabool City of Melton Brimbank Moorabool Wyndham Wyndham

The City of Melton is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, on Melbourne's western rural–urban fringe.

It covers 527.3 square kilometres (203.6 sq mi), and at the 2016 Census, Melton had population of 135,443.^[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.^[2]

City of Melton has a rapid population growth rate, ranked 3rd fastest among LGAs in Victoria in 2010.^[3] It was granted city status in 2012.

History

Civic centre

Melton was first incorporated as a district on 16 September 1862, and became a shire on 24 May 1871. Parts of the north and south ridings of the Shire of Braybrook (later City of Sunshine) were annexed to Melton as the Rockbank Riding on 24 May 1916, and this was added to in 1951. Other minor boundary adjustments with Bulla and Keilor occurred in May 1959. The Shire had a total area of 450.4 square kilometres (173.9 sq mi).^[4]

In 1994, following large-scale statewide local government reform, Melton acquired the Exford district from the City of Werribee, growing to its present size.^[5]

Since the early 1970s the Shire has undergone tremendous population growth and as of 2006^[update], Melton was one of Victoria's fastest growing local government areas along with neighbouring Wyndham.

After several years of community consultation to defer applying for city status until it had reached 150,000,^[6][7] the council nevertheless reversed the decision and city status was granted in September, 2012.^[8] The first elected Mayor under the 'City" status was Kathy Majdlik.

Administration

Melton City Council offices

Council

The City's area is divided into three wards, two of which elects three councillors, the other one electing two councillors. The councillors elect a mayor from among the council's members.

The current council, as of May 2017 is:^[9]

Suburbs and towns

Aerial view of Melton, the main urban centre

Suburbs and towns within the boundary of the city include:

• Aintree


• Bonnie Brook


• Brookfield


• Burnside


• Burnside Heights


• Caroline Springs


• Cobblebank


• Deanside


• 
  Diggers Rest (shared with the City of Hume)


• Exford


• Eynesbury


• Fieldstone


• Fraser Rise


• Grangefields


• Harkness


• 
  Hillside (shared with the City of Brimbank)


• Kurunjang


• Melton


• Melton South


• Melton West


• 
  Mount Cottrell (shared with the City of Wyndham)


• Parwan


• Plumpton


• Ravenhall


• Rockbank


• Strathtulloh


• Taylors Hill


• Thornhill Park


• Toolern Vale


• Truganina


• Weir Views

Population

Residential estates

Recent large housing projects include:

• Atherstone, within the new suburbs of Cobblebank and Strathtulloh. ($1.2 billion).^{[citation needed]}
  


• Toolern.


• Eyensbury Township.


• Waterford Estate, in the suburb of Weir Views.


• Woodlea, within the new suburb of Aintree.

See also

• Melton, Victoria


• List of Melbourne suburbs

References

External links

• Melton City Council home page


• Melton City Council - Official Facebook page


• City Map from Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia


• Public Transport Victoria local public transport map


• Link to Land Victoria interactive maps

Coordinates: 37°40′58″S 144°34′27″E / 37.6827°S 144.5741°E / -37.6827; 144.5741