Cranbourne West, Victoria Explained

Type:suburb
Cranbourne West
City:Melbourne
State:vic
Lga:City of Casey
Alternative Location Map:Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
Coordinates:-38.103°N 145.267°W
Postcode:3977
Pop:19,969
Area:3.5
Stategov:Cranbourne
Fedgov:Holt
Dist1:40
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:3
Location2:Cranbourne
Near-Nw:Lyndhurst
Near-Ne:Cranbourne North
Near-W:Skye
Near-E:Cranbourne
Near-Sw:Langwarrin
Near-S:Cranbourne South
Near-Se:Botanic Ridge
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12

Cranbourne West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 40 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Cranbourne West recorded a population of 19,969 at the 2021 census.

Cranbourne West has developed since the 1990s, and in 2006 had a new shopping centre opened called 'The Sandhurst Centre', on the corner of Duff Street and Monahans Road.

The Year 7-12 private Catholic School, St Peters College, is situated on Sladen Street in the far south of the suburb.

The Cranbourne West Development Plan was released in 2008 by the City of Casey and includes a large parcel of land bounded by Thompsons Road to the North, Evans Road to the East, Western Port Highway to the West, and the recently partially-built Ballarto Road and the urban growth boundary (as of 2012) to the south. Cranbourne West includes part of the large industrial area, a Shopping Centre with a Woolworths Supermarket, housing, a network of parks and pathways, a primary school, and a secondary college. Low-density housing is provided for at the south of the parcel north of the urban growth boundary.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. City of Casey
  2. Growth Areas Authority