Aerial view of the Hadfield Park Play Space project

Pictured: Hadfield Park Play Space (aerial view).

Growing Suburbs Fund 2023-24

The May 2023 Victorian Government budget allocated $10 million to the Growing Suburbs Fund to build the facilities needed to support healthy and liveable communities in our fastest growing suburbs.

The 2023-24 round of the Growing Suburbs Fund is being delivered by the Office for Suburban Development in the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions.

For more information, please visit the Office for Suburban Development website.

Growing Suburbs Fund 2015-16 to 2022-23

The Growing Suburbs Fund (GSF) provided an investment of $425 million over 8 years between 2015-16 and 2022-23 in critical local infrastructure in Melbourne's diverse and fast-growing outer suburbs.

Since its establishment in 2015, the Growing Suburbs fund has supported 346 projects representing a total infrastructure investment of $1.227 billion and has created over 11,340 jobs.

For more information about the projects funded up to 2022-23, please visit our Funded Projects page.

The administration of the projects funded under the Growing Suburbs Fund from 2015-16 to 2022-23 remains with Local Government Victoria in the Department of Government Services.

Further information

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Contact Local Government Victoria at gsf@ecodev.vic.gov.au.