City profile
Hume is in Melbourne's north, about 15 km from the city centre. It has two urban areas: one runs north along the Hume Freeway from Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Tullamarine and Gladstone Park through Roxburgh Park, Craigieburn and Greenvale to Mickleham and Kalkallo; the other is around Sunbury. Melbourne Airport and rural land, including Bulla, lie between them.
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)
- 278,885ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary).
- Area
- 503.8 km²ABS. The council's page gives 504 km².
- Population density
- About 554 people per km²ABS population ÷ ABS area.
- Wards
- 11, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Interface (Melbourne's fringe councils)
- Melbourne Airport
- About 10% of the municipalityAs stated by the council.
- Traditional Owners
- The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peopleAs acknowledged by the council.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Attwood3049
- Broadmeadows3047
- Bulla3428
- Campbellfield3061
- Clarkefield (part)3430
- Coolaroo3048
- Craigieburn3064
- Dallas3047
- Diggers Rest (part)3427
- Fawkner (part)3060
- Gladstone Park3043
- Greenvale3059
- Jacana3047
- Kalkallo3064
- Keilor (part)3036
- Meadow Heights3048
- Melbourne Airport3045
- Mickleham3064
- Oaklands Junction3063
- Roxburgh Park3064
- Somerton3062
- Sunbury3429
- Tullamarine (part)3043
- Westmeadows3049
- Wildwood3429
- Yuroke3063
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
The council's pages don't publish a full suburb list. This list is built from the official Vicmap locality boundaries, checked against the Vicmap boundary of Hume City. '(part)' marks a locality shared with a neighbouring council: Clarkefield (about 16% in Hume), Diggers Rest (about 23%), Fawkner (about 4%), Keilor (about 36%) and Tullamarine (about 59%). Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table for Hume. The shaded area on the map is the ABS Local Government Area boundary; area and density figures come from the ABS, not from the map.
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
- Hume City Council — City Profile · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Hume City Council (11 single-councillor wards) · 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
- DataVic — Vicmap Admin LGA polygons · Sep 2026
- Local Government Victoria — LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (council group: Interface) · 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.