truganina
Victoria · Census 2021
$670k
+3.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Located 22 km west of Melbourne, Truganina in the City of Melton features rapid residential development, high Punjabi linguistic diversity, and expansive neighborhood parkland.
Median house price
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Hinduism · 20%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 8%
- No religion
- 12%
- Born overseas
- 62%
- English only at home
- 26%
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 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)
- Melton
- Council population
- 215,896
- Council area
- 528 km²
- Density
- 409/km²
- Federal grants
- $28.38M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $131/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,779
- Operating result
- +21.5%
- Asset renewal
- 107%
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
- Gorton
- Federal MP
- Alice Jordan-Baird (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 60% 2PP
- State electorate
- Kororoit
- State MP
- Luba Grigorovitch (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.