City profile
Whitehorse is a municipality in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, running from Surrey Hills and Mont Albert in the west through Box Hill and Blackburn to Mitcham and Vermont in the east. The City of Whitehorse was created in December 1994 from the former cities of Box Hill and Nunawading. Its main office is the Whitehorse Civic Centre in Nunawading.
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- 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)
- 185,256ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary). The council's demographic snapshot gives 183,462 for 30 June 2024.
- Area
- 64.3 km²ABS.
- Population density
- About 2,900 people per km²Worked out from the ABS population and area above.
- Wards
- 11, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Metropolitan
- Traditional Owners
- The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin NationAs acknowledged by the council.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Blackburn3130
- Blackburn North3130
- Blackburn South3130
- Box Hill3128
- Box Hill North3129
- Box Hill South3128
- Burwood (part)3125
- Burwood East3151
- Forest Hill3131
- Mitcham3132
- Mont Albert3127
- Mont Albert North3129
- Nunawading3131
- Surrey Hills (part)3127
- Vermont3133
- Vermont South3133
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
These 16 suburbs are the ones the CSA lists for Whitehorse and the council's budget lists for residential rating. We checked each against the official Vicmap locality and council boundaries. Two are marked '(part)' because a substantial share lies in a neighbouring council: Surrey Hills (about 38% in Whitehorse; the rest in Boroondara) and Burwood (about 83%; the rest in Monash). Vermont, Mont Albert and Nunawading have 96–97% of their area in Whitehorse, and Blackburn North and Mont Albert North over 99%, so they are listed without a mark. A small corner of Balwyn North (about 1%) is inside Whitehorse; the suburb itself is in Boroondara, so it isn't listed. Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table for Whitehorse. 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
- Whitehorse City Council — History and Heritage (created December 1994) · Sep 2026
- Whitehorse City Council — Demographic Snapshot (ERP 30 June 2024) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Whitehorse 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
- Whitehorse City Council — Budget 2026/27, section 6.2.1(p) residential rates by suburb (PDF) · 2026–27
- 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: 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.