VIC · ranked
Fastest-growing SA2 areas in Victoria
All Victoria Statistical Area Level 2 regions ranked by 1-year population change (ABS Estimated Resident Population, June 2025 release). SA2 areas don't always align with suburb boundaries. SA2s where we publish a full profile are linked.
- 1
Port Melbourne Industrial
Port Phillip · Melbourne - Inner · Pop. 3,148
+22.6%
- 2
Fraser Rise - Plumpton
Melton - Bacchus Marsh · Melbourne - West · Pop. 24,739
+19.7%
- 3
Tarneit - North
Wyndham · Melbourne - West · Pop. 15,880
+18.5%
- 4
Clyde North - South
Casey - South · Melbourne - South East · Pop. 28,328
+15.4%
- 5
Whittlesea
Whittlesea - Wallan · Melbourne - North East · Pop. 18,174
+15.3%
- 6
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
Melton - Bacchus Marsh · Melbourne - West · Pop. 35,856
+14.7%
- 7
Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell
Wyndham · Melbourne - West · Pop. 19,169
+12.3%
- 8
Mickleham - Yuroke
Tullamarine - Broadmeadows · Melbourne - North West · Pop. 39,389
+11.8%
- 9
Cranbourne South
Casey - South · Melbourne - South East · Pop. 27,368
+11.6%
- 10
Wyndham Vale - North
Wyndham · Melbourne - West · Pop. 14,515
+11.2%
- 11
Cobblebank - Strathtulloh
Melton - Bacchus Marsh · Melbourne - West · Pop. 12,885
+10.2%
- 12
Eynesbury - Exford
Melton - Bacchus Marsh · Melbourne - West · Pop. 4,309
+10.2%
- 13
Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula · Geelong · Pop. 15,749
+9.6%
- 14
Wollert
Whittlesea - Wallan · Melbourne - North East · Pop. 36,658
+9.5%
- 15
Manor Lakes - Quandong
Wyndham · Melbourne - West · Pop. 13,667
+9.2%
- 16
Pakenham - North West
Cardinia · Melbourne - South East · Pop. 10,502
+9.1%
- 17
Werribee - West
Wyndham · Melbourne - West · Pop. 32,943
+8.3%
- 18
Truganina - North
Wyndham · Melbourne - West · Pop. 15,384
+8.3%
- 19
Charlemont
Geelong · Geelong · Pop. 15,110
+8.2%
- 20
Delacombe
Ballarat · Ballarat · Pop. 15,255
+7.3%
SA2 areas that shrank in VIC
VIC Statistical Area Level 2 regions where population fell over the year to June 2025. Same 500-resident floor applies. Helpful context when a state-wide growth story has local exceptions.
- 1
Flemington
Essendon · Melbourne - Inner · Pop. 9,935
-2.7%
- 2
Delahey
Brimbank · Melbourne - West · Pop. 7,859
-1.5%
- 3
Mildura - North
Mildura · North West · Pop. 17,718
-1.4%
- 4
Norlane
Geelong · Geelong · Pop. 8,833
-0.8%
- 5
Epping - South
Whittlesea - Wallan · Melbourne - North East · Pop. 8,322
-0.7%
- 6
Horsham Surrounds
Grampians · North West · Pop. 3,399
-0.7%
- 7
Reservoir - North West
Darebin - North · Melbourne - North East · Pop. 9,751
-0.6%
- 8
Buloke
Murray River - Swan Hill · North West · Pop. 5,891
-0.6%
- 9
Kerang
Murray River - Swan Hill · North West · Pop. 3,784
-0.6%
- 10
Meadow Heights
Tullamarine - Broadmeadows · Melbourne - North West · Pop. 14,841
-0.5%
Source: ABS Estimated Resident Population by SA2, 2024 release. Excludes SA2s with fewer than 500 residents. See methodology for caveats on SA2-to-suburb mapping.