Area / Municipality (M) = Metro area (R) = Rural Shire (Wonthaggi) = key town *Metro growth area | Area km2 | Density 2001 Persons/ km2 | Population 2001 | Pop. Growth 2001-2031 Persons | Natural increase (births less deaths) Persons | Migration to/from elsewhere Persons | Household Growth 2001-2031 H’holds | Avge Ann. Growth Rate % 2001 - 2031 | Victoria In Future Comment | Loddon Statistical District (Bendigo) | 14,503 | 11.5 | 166,954 | +60,234 | +7,700 | +52,534 | +38,786 | +1.03 | The Loddon region will experience strong… growth, much will be in the regional centre of Bendigo and in smaller towns in close proximity to Melbourne in the Macedon Ranges and Mt. Alexander Shires | Bass Coast Shire (R) (Wonthaggi) | 864 | 29.7 | 25,631 | +19,748 | +2,052 | +21,800 | +11,457 | +1.92 | Pop. growth will be fuelled by the desire to live and retire in popular coastal areas, close to Melbourne. | Baw Baw Shire (R) (Warragul) | 4,032 | 9.0 | 36,404 | +11,524 | +1,419 | +10,104 | +7,754 | +0.92 | Growth in western part as over-spill from Melb.’s SE growth corridor. Significant growth in other parts not expected. | City of Greater Bendigo | 2,999 | 30.2 | 90,449 | +36,733 | +6,182 | +30,552 | +23,457 | +1.14 | Strong growth. | Hepburn Shire (R) (Daylesford) | 1,470 | 9.9 | 14,488 | +2,560 | - 800 | +3,359 | +2,260 | +0.54 | Growth likely to occur around existing towns due to relatively strict controls on rural res. dev. and large amounts of Crown land. | City of Hume* (M) (Sunbury) | 504 | 270 | 135,986 | +50,432 | +38,568 | +11,864 | +29,797 | +1.06 | Strong broadacre growth. | Macedon Ranges Shire (R) | 1,747 | 21.6 | 37,672 | + 21,601 | +4,761 | +16,840 | + 11,114 | +1.52 | Growth in exurban municipalities such as Macedon Ranges on the periphery of Melbourne, is projected to be strong. Macedon Ranges is projected to be one of the fastest growing exurban areas in Victoria. Population growth is projected to be well above the Victorian average and household growth will be at an even faster rate. | Melton Shire* (M) (Melton) | 527 | 100.2 | 52,830 | +108,188 | +32,776 | +75,412 | +44,172 | +3.78 | Strong broadacre growth | Mitchell Shire (R) (Kilmore) | 2,862 | 9.9 | 28,406 | +20,429 | +6,793 | +13,635 | +10,055 | +1.82 | Growth in exurban municipalities such as Mitchell on the periphery of Melbourne, is projected to be strong. | Moorabool Shire (R) (Bacchus Marsh) | 2,110 | 11.9 | 25,087 | +13,157 | +4,435 | +8,722 | +6,999 | +1.42 | Growth in exurban municipalities such as Moorabool on the periphery of Melbourne, is projected to be strong. | Mornington Peninsula Shire (M) (Mornington) | 723 | 183.1 | 132,387 | +46,880 | +6,344 | +40,536 | +27,456 | +1.02 | Pop. growth will be fuelled by the desire to live and retire in popular coastal areas, close to Melbourne. | Mt. Alexander Shire (R) (Castlemaine) | 1,529 | 11.2 | 17,142 | +2,491 | -1,080 | +3,571 | +2,666 | +0.45 | Growth in Castlemaine and rural areas. Higher growth in C’maine’s hinterland due to preference for rural and small town living. | Murrindindi (R) (Eildon) | 3,877 | 3.5 | 13,641 | +3,013 | +486 | +2,527 | +2,474 | +0.7% | Steady growth, less than State average and other exurban areas such as Mitchell, Moorabool and Macedon Ranges. | Nillumbik Shire (M) (Eltham) | 433 | 140.5 | 60,818 | +5,123 | +13,549 | - 8,425 | +5,776 | +0.27 | Pop. will increase only slightly as land supply becomes a constraint on residential development. | South Gippsland (R) (Leongatha) | 3,295 | 7.9 | 26,152 | +5,775 | - 105 | +5,880 | +4,500 | +0.67 | Moderate to strong growth, particularly in west of Shire, driven by exurban growth from Melbourne. | Surf Coast Shire (R) (Torquay) | 1,553 | 13.4 | 20,872 | +13,394 | +2,535 | +10,859 | +7,508 | +1.67 | Pop. growth will be fuelled by the desire to live and retire in popular coastal areas, close to Melbourne. | Yarra Ranges Shire (M) (Lilydale) | 2,470 | 57.7 | 142,553 | +5,282 | +25,427 | - 20,145 | +11,216 | +0.12 | Population will increase only slightly as land supply becomes a constraint on residential development |
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