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Regional Cities Report
Regional Cities Victoria Report Overview of report: • Victoria's population has been predicted to reach almost 7.4 million by the year 2036. 5.5 million of these people will reside in Melbourne. • Regional Victoria is predicted to attract 21% of Victoria's population growth. The regional cities' share of population growth was 10.4% in 2001-02. In the year 2006-07 it was 19.7%. Regional Victoria's share of population growth has almost doubled in recent years. This shows the enthusiasm of people to call regional Victoria home. • RCV undertook scenario planning to find out what the population of regional Victorian cities would look like if they attracted an increased share of population growth. Two scenarios were investigated; an increase of three and six per cent on population currently predicated for regional Victorian cities. Findings on regional cities capacity to accommodate additional growth: • An infrastructure and resources survey completed as part of this report indicated regional cities have the capacity to accommodate large increases in population. • There are significant supplies of zoned land available in the regional cities for residential purposes. The survey indicates that combined the regional cities currently have: − The capacity for a minimum of 30,000 new homes can currently be accommodated in our regional cities, without the need to rezone any additional land. − Many of Victoria's regional cities are currently rezoning additional stocks of residential land. This means there will be a significant increase in the residential capacity of regional Victorian cities in the future. − This land availability highlights the capacity of Regional Cities to accommodate further population, industry, business and employment growth. To view media reports about the future growth of regional Victoria, click on the links below: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26089576-601,00.html
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