City profile
Greater Dandenong is a municipality in Melbourne's south-east. It takes in the Dandenong, Springvale and Noble Park centres, the suburbs of Keysborough and Dandenong North, and the Dandenong South industrial area, with Bangholme's wetlands and farmland in the south. The council's offices are at the Dandenong Civic Centre, 225 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
The area at a glance
- Population (ERP, 30 June 2025)
- 168,684ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary).
- Area
- 129.5 km²ABS.
- Population density
- About 1,300 people per km²Worked out from the ABS population and area above. Large parts of the area are industrial land and farmland.
- Wards
- 11, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Metropolitan
- Traditional Custodians
- The Bunurong PeopleAs acknowledged by the council.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Bangholme3175
- Dandenong3175
- Dandenong North3175
- Dandenong South3175
- Keysborough3173
- Lyndhurst (part)3975
- Noble Park3174
- Noble Park North3174
- Springvale3171
- Springvale South3172
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
These 10 suburbs are the ones the CSA lists for Greater Dandenong, and the same 10 appear in the council's own suburb search for its service centres. We checked each against the official Vicmap locality boundaries: nine lie inside the council boundary, and Lyndhurst is split with the City of Casey (about two-thirds of its area is in Greater Dandenong). Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table. The map shows the ABS boundary (ASGS 2025).
Sources — check it yourself
- ABS — Regional population 2024–25, data cube 32180DS0002 Table 2 (Victoria) · ERP 30 Jun 2025
- ABS — Regional population, latest release · Released Mar 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Greater Dandenong City Council (11 single-councillor wards) · Sep 2026
- Greater Dandenong City Council — Customer Service Centres (suburb search) · Sep 2026
- Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) — LGA Recorded Offences, Table 03 (suburb and postcode by LGA) · Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
- DataVic — Vicmap Admin locality polygons · Sep 2026
- Local Government Victoria — LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (council group: Metro) · 2024–25
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.