The Diverse Communities of Brimbank Profile - Brimbank City Council

An Overview of the Population and Communities of the City of Brimbank
The Future of Brimbanks
Population…
The attraction of the Brimbank
municipality is reflective of the
significant amount of residential
housing opportunities and the
affordability of the area, as well as
the relative close proximity to central
Melbourne. A large proportion of the
municipality has older housing stock,
although newer housing estates have
grown in the last 10 years. Over the
next 10 years, residential development
in the suburbs of Cairnlea, Deer Park,
Derrimut and Sunshine North, as well
as general infill sites will increase
housing stock.
The various suburbs within Brimbank
have developed different roles,
reflecting the variety of needs or
aspirations of different populations.
Areas such as Keilor and Taylors
Lakes are attractive to mature families
looking to upgrade to their second
and third home. Albion, Sunshine and
St Albans have a significant stock of
rental housing, which attracts a large
share of overseas migrants, as well as
a more youth-oriented market seeking
affordable housing opportunities.
Delahey and Sydenham-Hillside are
just completing their rapid suburban
growth cycles, while other areas
such as Albanvale, Kings Park and
Keilor Park were developed rapidly in
previous decades and currently have
larger homes of older styles.
As housing development slows
after 2015, a change in the type of
development will occur, with greater
focus on re-zoning older industrial
sites, creating higher density infill,
to cater for smaller household sizes.
As a result, the areas of Sunshine
(Sunshine, Sunshine North and
Sunshine West) are expecting the
next largest population increase by
2031 after the fringe growth areas.
This will change the age structure of
the Sunshine areas, with increases
in younger people greater than those
among the elderly, as younger people
moving into higher density areas with
more of an “urban” feel, and in close
proximity to transport.
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