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The City of Maribyrnong's population is growing and changing. Over the next 30 years our community is expected to increase by 60,000 people. This means we will need up to 30,000 new homes.
We need a new plan to accommodate this growth and ensure:
We know, from previous conversations, our residents value open space, trees, greener spaces, the character of their neighbourhoods and high-quality design.
We understand that managing growth and development pressures, while maintaining what people love about living in their neighbourhood, will be a key challenge.
To help inform our planning, we're starting an initial conversation to understand:
If you have a few minutes, we have a few questions we'd like to ask.
Discover what others are saying and add your thoughts around housing needs and neighbourhood character.
We attached a postcard with the latest issue of the Maribyrnong Messenger publication that arrived in letterboxes in May, or pick one up from your local library or community centre and send back free post.
Provide your feedback via housingstrategy@maribyrnong.vic.gov.au
Use the form in the FAQ tab below.
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The Housing Strategy and Neighbourhood Character Study will help plan Maribyrnong’s housing to best meet the needs of our diverse community over the next 30 years. It will consider the following key questions:
Along with your feedback, we will be considering State Government policy directions, population and demographic information, land and development data, environmental sustainability and resilience, and affordability.
The City of Maribyrnong is currently home to around 95,000 residents. It is expected our population will grow to around 155,000 people by 2051 (63% increase). Our preliminary information shows average household sizes are expected to fall to 2.29 people per home and we will see a 60% increase in population of retirement aged persons.
As Maribyrnong grows, we want to make sure there is the right amount and variety of housing available for our existing and future community.
We also need to make sure new housing is appropriately located with access to shops, transport, and services and not in areas where there are environmental or health and safety concerns - for example, close to heavy industry.
The Housing Strategy and Neighbourhood Character Study will help us respond to this challenge, informing future delivery to best meet the needs of our diverse community over the next 30 years.
Along with your feedback, we need to undertake research to further understand Maribyrnong’s changing demographics and housing needs.
You can learn more about our population forecasts by visiting Maribyrnong's Population Forecast page.
Neighbourhood character is shaped by the combination of the public and private areas within a neighbourhood including all buildings, gardens, street trees and public infrastructure. It is about what makes one area distinctive from another.
We will be undertaking a Neighbourhood Character Study to identify the existing and preferred neighbourhood character of our residential areas. We need to ensure we have clear guidelines on building, landscaping and design for new housing development.
We're keen hear what you value about your particular neighbourhood to help prepare draft building, landscaping and design guidelines.
Learn more about the elements that contribute to neighbourhood character below, ordownload the State Government's 'Understanding Neighbourhood Character' planning note from the document library.
It is anticipated Maribyrnong will be home to an additional 60,000 residents by 2051 - this means building 30,000 new homes. Learn more about Maribyrnong's population and housing forecasts by visiting:
No. The housing strategy cannot stop housing growth and change, however it can help manage the expected growth and change and direct it to areas where there are better services and transport links.
To manage the supply of housing in Melbourne, the State Government has directed established areas, including the City of Maribyrnong, accommodate a greater share of housing growth. More information can be found in Victoria's Housing Statement 2024-2034 and Plan Melbourne 2017-2051.
Yes. The project will consider how Council may be able to help facilitate more affordable housing options, noting Council does not have control over things like rental prices and taxation policy. We know that affordability is a continuing challenge for many in our community.
We are keen to hear what is important to you about housing and neighbourhood character so it can be considered in preparing our City’s new Housing Strategy.
While the Housing Strategy will focus on where particular types of housing should go, it is also about how we live, access transport, community services, and associated infrastructure that will impact everyone in our community from families, singles, homeowners, property owners, renters, businesses and future residents.
During conversations on the Medium Density Design Guidelines and Visioning Footscray and Visioning Seddon, we know our community values neighbourhood character and high-quality design, and trees and greenery. More recently we have also heard more about affordability.
In addition to community feedback, we will also consider other things, including detailed research on housing development, demographic trends and land capacity to help inform the development of a draft Housing Strategy and Neighbourhood Character Study.
The first conversation is seeking your input on housing needs and neighbourhood character. Your feedback will help us to understand what is important to our community and will inform an issues and opportunities paper, which will be shared back for feedback in early 2025.
Post any questions you may have of us in relation to the development of the new Strategy. We'll respond within five working days, if not sooner.
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