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Brimbank

Brimbank is the council for Sunshine and Albion. Melbourne Airport Rail’s first stage rebuilds the Sunbury line through both of them, and does not reach the airport. The airport is outside this municipality, to the north of the boundary drawn below. The photograph is Brimbank Park in Keilor in 2005, the park the council is named for, not the works at Sunshine.

Brimbank Park, Keilor, on 23 March 2005
Brimbank Park, Keilor, on 23 March 2005. The park the council is named for. Tirin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

At a glance

Reviewed 2026-11-01.

Nearly half the population was born outside the country, and more than 160 languages are spoken. The activity centres are Sunshine, St Albans, Deer Park, Sydenham and Keilor. The civic centre is at 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine. Those points are from the state council profile, updated 3 March 2026.

What is changing

Airport Rail is a state project. Its first stage rebuilds Sunshine station and more than 6 km of track between West Footscray and Albion, including a new station at Albion, with a target of 2030. It does not reach the airport, and it does not run airport trains. On 21 October 2026 Big Build named CPB Contractors and SMEC as preferred bidder for the Sunshine station package. A preferred bidder is not a signed contract, and not an opening.

The City of Brimbank’s record of the October 2022 Sunshine station masterplan is $143 million. The state government’s February 2026 fact sheet puts the rail package at more than $4 billion. The smaller figure is the council’s record of that masterplan. It is not the rail package. How this package sits against growth further west, where the metropolitan line still ends at Werribee, is the west is changing faster than the old infrastructure.

Municipality map

The City of Brimbank
The City of Brimbank. Melbourne Airport is labelled outside the boundary, to the north. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Suburbs and localities

Suburbs in this directory

Suburbs: Albion, Sunshine

The localities are Albanvale, Albion, Ardeer, Brooklyn (part), Cairnlea, Calder Park, Deer Park, Delahey, Derrimut, Hillside (part), Kealba, Keilor, Keilor Downs, Keilor East (part), Keilor Lodge, Keilor North, Keilor Park, Kings Park, St Albans, Sunshine, Sunshine North, Sunshine West, Sydenham, Taylors Lakes and Tullamarine. Albion and Sunshine are linked below.

Population and housing

The Australian Bureau of Statistics counted the City of Brimbank, the local government area, in the 2021 Census. These figures are not Sunshine and not Albion. The median age was 37, against 38 for Victoria, and the average household was 2.9 people, against 2.5 for Victoria.

| People | 194,618 | | Median age | 37 | | Private dwellings | 71,808 | | Average people per household | 2.9 | | Median weekly household income | $1,506 |

Nearly half the population was born outside the country. That figure is the state profile’s summary, updated on 3 March 2026, and it is not a Census line.

Infrastructure and transport

The Sunbury line is the metropolitan railway through the municipality, with stations at Albion and Sunshine among others. Airport Rail’s first stage is the change under way on that corridor. A later stage, from Albion toward Keilor East, has a target of 2031 and would include a station at Keilor East. Keilor East is only partly inside this municipality, and that stage is not the station package now out to a preferred bidder.

Lines in this directory: Sunbury Line

Projects in this directory: Melbourne Airport Rail

Planning and precincts

Sunshine is the activity centre with a station precinct plan. The 2050 aim, the town centre, and the difference between the masterplan and the rail package are set out on the Sunshine page. Albion’s change is the new station on the same rail project, not a separate council precinct.

Council services and official resources

The civic centre is the Brimbank Community and Civic Centre, 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine. The council’s postal address is PO Box 70, Sunshine 3020, and the phone number is 03 9249 4000. The current documents are the 2024/25 annual report and the 2025/26 budget.

History and governance context

The Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation is recorded for the south of the municipality, and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation for the north. Brimbank was formed on 15 December 1994, from the western portions of the former cities of Keilor and Sunshine, and named after Brimbank Park in Keilor. That account of the amalgamation is from Wikipedia.

Recent verified changes

  • 21 October 2026. Big Build named CPB Contractors and SMEC, as the Network Integration Program Alliance, as preferred bidder for the Sunshine station package. The package is inside this municipality. It is not the airport, and it is not the council’s $143 million masterplan figure.

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