Cranbourne West is a suburb in

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, 40 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Cranbourne West recorded a population of 19,969 at the 2021 census. Cranbourne West has developed since the 1990s, and in 2006 had a new shopping centre opened called 'The Sandhurst Centre', on the corner of Duff Street and Monahans Road. The Cranbourne West Development Plan was released in 2008 by the

and includes a large parcel of land bounded by Thompsons Road to the North, Evans Road to the East, Western Port Highway to the West, and the recently partially-built Ballarto Road and the

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(as of 2012) to the south. Cranbourne West includes part of the large industrial area, a Shopping Centre with a

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, housing, a network of parks and pathways, a primary school, and a secondary college. Low-density housing is provided for at the south of the parcel north of the urban growth boundary.Growth Areas Authority

Education

There are two primary schools; Quarters Primary School in the north and Barton Primary School in the south. Cranbourne West Secondary College is on Strathlea Drive. A Year 7-12 private Roman Catholic School, St Peters College, is situated on Sladen Street in the far south of the suburb.

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Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Casey {{melbourne-geo-stub

Education

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