Hume City Council
Address
1079 Pascoe Vale Road, BROADMEADOWS 3047
Postal
PO Box 119, DALLAS 3047
Tel
03 9205 2200
Fax
03 9309 0109
email@hume.vic.gov.au
Website
Municipality Profile
Hume City is a growing, urban fringe municipality about 20 kms from Melbourne’s central business district. The southern parts of the city are well-established urban areas, while the north remains rural in character. Almost 29% of its residents were born overseas. It has a young community with 31% of persons aged under 18.
Hume is at the Hume Highway, Calder Highway and Metropolitan Ring Road crossroads. It includes the busy Melbourne Airport. The main industries include motor vehicle and part manufacturing, air and space transport, other services to transport, electronic equipment manufacturing.
Localities
Attwood, Broadmeadows, Bulla, Campbellfield, Clarkefield, Coolaroo, Craigieburn, Dallas, Diggers Rest, Fawkner, Gladstone Park, Greenvale, Jacana, Kalkallo, Keilor, Meadow Heights, Melbourne Airport, Mickleham, Oaklands Junction, Roxburgh Park, Somerton, Sunbury, Tullamarine, Westmeadows, Wildwood and Yuroke.
For a detailed map showing shire boundaries and locality names, visit
VICNAMES.
Area
504 sq km
Population
Estimated Resident Population
 | Total | 0-17 | 18-34 | 35-64 | 65+ |
| 2006 | 153,729 | 29% | 25% | 38% | 8% |
| 2007 | 157,145 | 29% | 25% | 39% | 8% |
| 2016 | 169,980 | 24% | 22% | 42% | 12% |
2006 & 2007 - Australian Bureau of Statistics - ABS Census 2006 (and updates).
2016 - DSE, Victoria in Future 2004 – Projections based on 2001 Census.
Elections
Hume City is a subdivided municipality consisting of 4 wards and 9 councillors.
Councillors are elected through proportional representation voting.
From November 2008 general council elections, all Victorian councillors serve a four year term.
The council's next independent Electoral Representation Review is scheduled to be conducted prior to the 2012 elections.
Visit the Victorian Electoral Commission for more elections details
Councillors
9 Councillors elected in Nov 2008.
Airport - Cr Geoff Porter
Airport - Cr Helen Patsikatheodorou
Aitken - Cr Adem Atmaca
Aitken - Cr Drew Jessop
Aitken - Cr Ros Spence
Jackson Creek - Cr Jack Ogilvie (Mayor)
Jackson Creek - Cr Ann Therese Potter
Merri - Cr Vic Dougall
Merri - Cr Burhan Yigit
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Domenic Isola
Finances
| Recurrent Income | VGC Grants | Rates Income | % Income from rates |
| 2005/06 | $ 111.126 M | $ 7.431 M | $ 64.148 M | 58% |
| 2006/07 | $ 121.366 M | $ 8.096 M | $ 70.985 M | 58% |
| 2007/08 | $ 136.273 M | $ 8.775 M | $ 77.771 M | 57% |
Map Source: Maps prepared by the Victorian Electoral Commission using Vicmap spatial data provided by the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
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