Melton West is a suburb in
Melbourne
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Victoria,
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, west of Melbourne's
Central Business District, located within the
City of Melton
The City of Melton is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, on Melbourne's western rural–urban fringe.
It covers , and as of the , Melton had a population of 178,960.
It is governed by the Melton City Council. The seat of local ...
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...
. Melton West recorded a population of 8,784 at the
2021 census.
[
Melton West Post Office opened on 1 September 1994.]
Education
Melton West contains seven schools: Saint Francis Catholic College, St Catherine of Sienna Catholic Primary School, Wedge Park Primary School, Melton West Primary School, Melton Secondary College, Melton Specialist School and OneSchool Global Melton Campus.
History
The initial urban development of Melton West's infrastructure began in the early 1970s, with Melton West Primary School opening in 1971. In 1973, Melton Regional Shopping Centre opened. The centre has since been renamed Woodgrove Shopping Centre and has expanded into a major shopping centre with over 150 stores, including Harris Scarfe, Big W, Kmart, Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and Reading Cinemas as anchor tenants.
See also
* Melton Region
* Melton railway station
References
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Melton
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