What are the largest suburbs in Victoria?

The top-ranked suburbs are Melbourne, Tarneit, Craigieburn, Point Cook, Werribee, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

What does the index column mean on ranking pages?

The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

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Largest Suburbs in Victoria

Suburbs ranked by estimated resident population from the latest ABS ERP release, allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap.

Rank	Suburb	Population
#1	Melbourne	77,469
#2	Tarneit	75,817
#3	Craigieburn	72,688
#4	Point Cook	70,082
#5	Werribee	64,237
#6	Pakenham	60,567
#7	Truganina	60,522
#8	Reservoir	55,702
#9	Berwick	55,117
#10	Glen Waverley	46,342
#11	Clyde North	46,108
#12	Sunbury	41,688
#13	Frankston	39,779
#14	St Albans	39,179
#15	Mount Waverley	38,142
#16	Epping	38,114
#17	Hoppers Crossing	37,983
#18	Cranbourne East	37,623
#19	Preston	36,738
#20	Wollert	36,410
#21	Mildura	35,310
#22	Noble Park	34,706
#23	Rowville	34,213
#24	Doncaster East	34,083
#25	Doreen	32,813
#26	Warrnambool	32,344
#27	Bentleigh East	32,178
#28	Shepparton	32,164
#29	Bundoora	31,923
#30	Keysborough	31,647
#31	Narre Warren South	31,592
#32	Croydon	31,408
#33	Richmond	31,249
#34	Southbank	31,121
#35	Narre Warren	30,394
#36	Coburg	29,831
#37	Brunswick	29,641
#38	Mickleham	29,186
#39	Mill Park	29,170
#40	Dandenong	29,071
#41	South Yarra	28,772
#42	Doncaster	28,523
#43	Ferntree Gully	28,167
#44	Traralgon	27,391
#45	Cheltenham	27,344
#46	Cranbourne	26,915
#47	Hampton Park	26,790
#48	South Morang	26,673
#49	Clayton	26,655
#50	Glen Iris	26,574

Population is ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap. Not an official ABS suburb-level figure.

Last updated 29 July 2026 at 2:21 am AEST

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