Venice, Cannes, Footscray

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Marc Savage

Everyone loves Footcray.

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Beware Halloween in the west

Trick or treat western suburbs.

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Post code 3030 takes out top crim spot, 3020 a close second

3030 takes first position in total number of criminal offences recorded, according to Victoria Police data. Derrimut, Point Cook, Werribee, Werribee South and regional Cocoroc and Quandong are all listed in the 3030 post code and racked up a total of 5821 criminal offences recorded.

Runner up goes to 3020 which includes Albion, Sunshine, Sunshine North and Sunshine West with a total of 5648 criminal offences recorded.

Rounding off the top three is 3029 - Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit and Truganina with a total of 5317 offences recorded.

Fourth spot goes to 3021 - Albanvale, Kealba, Kings Park and St Albans with 4274 nudging out 3023 which includes Burnside, Cairnlea, Caroline Springs, Deer Park and Ravenhall with 4232 offences recorded.

The list, of course, does not distinguish between serious and petty crime and is based on a total figure, not a per capita figure. Basically, a post code covering a larger population is bound to have a higher amount of offences than a post code that covers a much smaller population. So if you are shocked at your areas figure, don't worry, it does not necessarily mean it is one of the most dangerous. That title (based on serious crime and broken down per capita) will be awarded to a suburb in our next article. Can you guess who it will be?

Check the stats for your post code in the image below.

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Why is my hose getting smaller?

Credit: George Vasilevski

Think about it.

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Massive new suburb "East Werribee" to become newest CBD and create 60,000 local jobs

Courtesy of the Department of Planning and Community Development

The massive new suburb temporarily called "East Werribee" (pending winner of state government name competition) is planned to be a CBD located between Melbourne and Geelong. East Werribee will be 750 hectares in size and employ 60,000 people. The new suburb will be situated 25km from Melbourne and 40km from Geelong.

The suburb will have a mix of residential and commercial spaces centered around a 70 hectare waterway network and is situated between Werribee to the west and Point Cook to the east.

East Werribee will be Melbourne's largest infill development site and "will be the largest integrated business and residential development of government owned land in Victoria since Docklands", says the Department of Planning and Community Development.

7,000 homes are expected to be built to house 20,000 people medium and high density housing. Work on the $40 million diamond freeway interchange is expected to begin in 2014 and another $32 million of arterial road upgrades are expected.

Courtesy of the Department of Planning and Community Development

Courtesy of the Department of Planning and Community Development

Courtesy of the Department of Planning and Community Development

Courtesy of the Department of Planning and Community Development

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South-west Melbourne youngest in whole of Australia

Australia's youngest area

Lalor holds the title of Australia's youngest electoral division, with 9% of its population being aged 0-4. It also has Australia's lowest number of residents aged 65 and over with 7.0%.

Lalor covers parts of Altona Meadows and Truganina and all of Hoppers Crossing, Laverton, Laverton North, Little River, Point Cook, Seabrook, Tarneit, Werribee, Werribee South, Williams Landing and Wyndham Vale. It also includes part of Eynesbury, part of Mount Cottrell , Quandong, Mambourin and Cocoroc in its rural territory.

Lalor ranks 6th highest nationally and 2nd highest in Victoria for families being couples with dependent children (44.4%), and also has the 6th highest rate of residents purchasing their own homes at 49.3%.

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