Whittlesea Council

The City of Whittlesea

City of Whittlesea is situated in Melbourne’s north area. It is approximately 20 km from Melbourne’s CBD.  Whittlesea covers approximately 489 square kilometres of area and is one of the largest municipalities in Metro Melbourne. 70% of Whittlesea is made up of rural area and the remaining 30% is urban area which comprises of shops, factories and houses. 

The Wurundjeri Aboriginal people were the original inhabitants of the Whittlesea. 

The council consists of 3 wards (North-Ward, South-East Ward and South-West ward) and 11 councillors.

According to the 2016 census, Whittlesea had a population of 197,491 people. Half of the residents of Whittlesea come from a Non-English speaking background. The city of Whittlesea is very diverse and is known for its multiculturalism. People come from many countries. The most common are from Italy, Macedonia, Greece and India.

Beveridge, Bundoora, Donnybrook, Doreen, Eden Park, Epping, Humevale, Kinglake West, Lalor, Mernda, Mill Park, South Morang, Thomastown, Whittlesea, Wollert, Woodstock and Yan Yean are all suburbs situated in the city of Whittlesea.

Out of all the suburbs in Whittlesea, the main suburbs are Lalor. Mernda, Thomastown, Doreen, Mill Park, South Morang, Epping, Whittlesea and Bundoora in where you can find the bulk of the population.

The city features some amazing parks and attractions. Let’s go through a list if what The City of Whittlesea has to offer:

Transportation in The City of Whittlesea is functioned by the Hume Freeway, Plenty Road, Metropolitan Ring Road, and the Epping railway line. Most of the residents in Whittlesea rely heavily on their own cars to get to and from their work and other places. Recent stats show 61% of household have accessibility to 2 or more vehicles. The popular form of public transport in this municipality are trains.

Over 57,000 jobs were present in the city of Whittlesea in the year 2014. Recent figures show that 88,500 residents are employed.  Two-thirds of people work full time and 29% of residents work part-time. 

58% of residents work outside of the council area for example in Darebin, Hume and inner Melbourne and 26% of people live and work within the municipality.

Whittlesea City is growing rapidly and welcome approximately 8000 residents every year. Recent stats show the current population at 202,730 and by the year 2036, Whittlesea is expected to grow to 333,700 persons. Since the past 10 years the fastest growing suburb in Australia is South Morang which is located in this city. There are about 68,000 houses in Whittlesea Council and is expected to increase in a double amount by the year 2036.

It is estimated that the established areas such as Epping Central, Plenty Valley Town Centre (South Morang), Thomastown, Lalor and University Hill (Bundoora) will continue to grow rapidly.