Photograph of Cooper Street Employment Area Epping, with Melbourne City Skyline in the background

Business Opportunities Explorer

City of Whittlesea - A strategic location for business

The City of Whittlesea is committed to building a robust and economically valuable investment environment where our local businesses, partnering organisations and residents will thrive.

Developing a strong local economy is a key goal of our ‘Whittlesea 2040’ vision.

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The contents of this interactive map should be used as a guide only. For more precise information please contact Council.

Photograph of Thomastown Industrial Area, showing Melbourne City Skyline in the background and Metropolitan Ring Road interchange in the foreground — View of Thomastown Industrial area and the M80 Metropolitan Ring Road.

Connectivity

Positioned in Melbourne’s North, the City of Whittlesea offers businesses a strategic location to trade locally, nationally and internationally.

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Photograph of Thomastown Industrial Precinct with Metropolitan Ring Road in the foreground — Major growth is currently underway across the municipality, with Epping Metropolitan Activity Centre and other Major Town Centres delivering a pipeline of opportunities into the future.

Photograph of University Hill Bundoora, with DFO and surrounding buildings in the mid-ground and Plenty Road in the foreground — Major growth is currently underway across the municipality, with Epping Metropolitan Activity Centre and other Major Town Centres delivering a pipeline of opportunities into the future.

Key Activity Centres

The City of Whittlesea is rapidly growing in population, with estimates predicting a 49% increase from 238,004 in 2022 to 355,144 in 2040.

With linkages to major education providers as well as established and emerging industry clusters, the region also offers diverse housing and childcare options. With an abundance of gyms, leisure centres, parks and schools, the area offers an appealing lifestyle for residents.

Businesses across a range of industries, sizes and structures can leverage value, and source talent from the local skilled workforce now and into the future.

Photograph of buildings within ConnectNorth Business Park, Epping — There are a wide variety of business parks across the City of Whittlesea, from boutique commercial hubs through to large industrial estates.

Photograph of buildings and road infrastructure at Meridian Business Park, Thomastown — There are a wide variety of business parks across the City of Whittlesea, from boutique commercial hubs through to large industrial estates.

Business Parks

A large range of business parks are located across the City of Whittlesea providing small, medium and large scaled businesses the opportunity to position themselves within the thriving local business community and capitalise on locational strengths.

Locating within established activity centres can greatly enhance the potential for partnerships, innovation and collaboration, which is particularly important for businesses in the growth phase.

Photograph of inside of Melbourne Wholesale Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Market Epping, with numerous forklifts moving around — With innovation and best in class happening across the City of Whittlesea, opportunities are ready to be leveraged.

Photograph of Whittlesea Tech School building with students in the foreground — With innovation and best in class happening across the City of Whittlesea, opportunities are ready to be leveraged.

Next Steps

Data and information to support your decision making can be accessed from www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/invest

Image showing cover of the downloadable Investment Prospectus PDF document, 2023 edition — Click to download the Investment Prospectus

Industry focused brochures including Healthcare and Social Assistance, Food and Beverage and Manufacturing can be downloaded from www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/InvestOpps

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Click to download City of Whittlesea key industry profiles

More information about Activity Centres within the City of Whittlesea can be viewed at https://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/Business/Activity-centres

Council provides a range of initiatives to support businesses located here including the City of Whittlesea Business E-news, Business Awards, Business Network, Business Concierge, Business Advisory Panel, access to training, mentoring, grants and funding plus more.

Image containing text promoting the City of Whittlesea Business Network — Businesses located with the City of Whittlesea can leverage these initiatives to support future growth

Image containing text promoting the City of Whittlesea Business E-News — Businesses located with the City of Whittlesea can leverage these initiatives to support future growth

Image showing oblique aerial photo of business park with text promoting the City of Whittlesea Business Relocation and Growth Program

For more information on the Planning Zones and Overlays applicable to a property or to generate a Planning Property Report, visit the VicPlan website www.mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/

Contact Us

To have a confidential discussion about the potential of your business locating within the City of Whittlesea, contact our Investment Attraction and Business Growth Team by email invest@whittlesea.vic.gov.au or call 03 9217 2170.