Melton Shire Council is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia, offering the best in ur- ban and rural lifestyles within a comfortable com- muting distance from Melbourne, Victoria. The Shire of Melton embraces a series of townships and communities, the larger towns being Caroline Springs and Melton. Caroline Springs is 19 kilome- tres (12 miles) west of Melbourne’s Central Busi- ness District, and Melton is 35 kilometres (22 miles) west of Melbourne’s Central Business Dis- trict. The Shire of Melton offers diverse lifestyles and affordable living, which is why the Shire continues to grow rapidly; indeed, each week about 30 ba- bies are born, and the community increases by just over 38 new households. Over 70 percent of the population is under 45 years old, b

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