East Werribee Precinct

The Arden Urban Renewal Precinct will be a large-scale employment and innovation hub, strategically developed to grow jobs and train workforce talent.

It aspires to accommodate around 34,000 jobs and 15,000 residents.

It will feature life-sciences, health, digital technology and education centres, and complement Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical cluster in Parkville.

There are plans for new campus' for the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital to be established in the precinct.

At a glance

• A new large scale mixed-use precinct
• Located in Melbourne’s western growth corridor, a region projected to double in population by 2040
• Spans 774 hectares, including 600+ hectares of State Government-owned land
• Anchored by $271 million Wyndham Law Courts – the largest justice precinct outside Melbourne’s CBD
• Established cluster of education, research, healthcare and justice institutions

Investment opportunities align with existing strengths and emerging demand, including:

• Agricultural technology and advanced food production
• Aerospace and defence
• Renewable energy generation and storage
• Digital and cloud infrastructure
• Advanced manufacturing

Why East Werribee?

Strategic location and transport infrastructure connectivity

• Direct access to Melbourne’s freight and logistics network, including the West Gate Tunnel, Avalon Airport, interstate rail routes, and ports.
• Strong connectivity to Melbourne CBD, Geelong and key industrial and employment centres.
• Located in the Melbourne’s western growth corridor, one of Australia’s fastest-growing regions by population and employment

Greenfield large-scale, flexibility and workforce depth

• The largest parcel of State Government-owned developable land in Victoria, supporting long-term staged investment.
• Capacity to accommodate large-format commercial, industrial, institutional and mixed-use development
• Activation plans to support tens of thousands of jobs, strengthening the local labour pool for employers across advanced manufacturing, health, education and innovation-led industries.
• Established cluster of education, research, healthcare and justice institutions, including:
  • Victoria University
  • University of Melbourne
  • SPARK Wyndham Innovation Hub
  • CSIRO Food Innovation Centre
  • Werribee Mercy Hospital
  • Mercy Hospital for Women
  • St Vincent’s Private Hospital

Key areas for consideration

To guide development,  the precinct has been master-planned into three focus areas, each offering distinct investment opportunities.

• East Werribee – civic and commercial core
• Hoppers Crossing South - Health, education and emerging innovation district
• Point Cook South West – High-quality, sustainable residential and employment precinct

Strong government commitment & integrated economic vision

• Identified by the Victorian Government and Wyndham City as a priority employment and innovation precinct
• Supported by the East Werribee Opportunity Statement, providing long-term planning certainty and coordinated development framework.
• Ongoing public investment in transport, civic infrastructure and enabling works
• A diversified industry focus spanning health, education, technology, advanced manufacturing and services, not just warehousing or traditional industrial uses.

Recent and ongoing investment

• $271 million Wyndham Law Courts
• $109.6 million Werribee Mercy Hospital Emergency Department
• $34.7 million Werribee Mercy Hospital mental health expansion
• $87 million Werribee Mercy Hospital Critical Care expansion
• $45 million Werribee Police Complex
• $83.7 million Hoppers Crossing station upgrade and removal of Wyndham level crossings
• $45 million for roads and enabling infrastructure to support the new Point Cook South P–9, Point Cook South Specialist School (P–12) and Kindergarten.

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