General information

With a catchment of around 1.67 million people, the North and West Metropolitan Region is the most heavily populated of the Government’s eight service delivery regions.

Its community comprises 31 per cent of Victoria’s population and is culturally diverse.

Melbourne CBD, inner, middle and outer urban areas - including four high-growth areas - lie within its boundaries. So do 11 of Melbourne’s 14 most disadvantaged municipalities. 

Municipalities

The North West Metropolitan Region fourteen municipalities:

Regional Ethnic Communities’ Councils/Migrant Resource Centres:

• Darebin Ethnic Community Council
• Whittlesea Multicultural Communities Council
• Westgate Migrant Resource Centre
• Migrant Resource Centre North West Region
• Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre

Diversity in the Region

The North West Metropolitan Region is a culturally and socio-economically diverse region.

Language spoken at home, North Western Metropolitan Region

ABS 2011 Census data.

Country of birth, North Western Metropolitan Region

*Main and non Main English speaking countries including Inadequately Described, At Sea and Not Elsewhere Classified. ABS 2011 Census data.

Proficiency in Spoken English in the North Western Metropolitan Region, Victoria, 2011 Census

LGA Profiles:

• North & West Metro Region
• Banyule (C)
• Brimbank (C)
• Darebin (C)
• Hobsons Bay (C)
• Hume (C)
• Maribyrnong (C)
• Melbourne (C)
• Melton (S)
• Moonee Valley (C)
• Moreland (C)
• Nillumbik (S)
• Whittlesea (C)
• Wyndham (C)
• Yarra (C)