tarneit
Victoria · Census 2021
$670k
+2.9% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Located 25km west of Melbourne in the City of Wyndham, Tarneit is a rapidly growing outer suburb characterized by expansive parklands, new residential estates, and diverse multicultural communities.
Median house price
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Hinduism · 21%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 9%
- No religion
- 13%
- Born overseas
- 60%
- English only at home
- 31%
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 4 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 3 Aldi. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Wyndham
- Council population
- 255,866
- Council area
- 542 km²
- Density
- 472/km²
- Federal grants
- $29.42M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $115/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,997
- Operating result
- +0.6%
- Asset renewal
- 67%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Lalor
- Federal MP
- Joanne Ryan (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 63% 2PP
- State electorate
- Tarneit
- State MP
- Dylan Wight (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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