Tarneit (deliberately flat) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Tarneit had a population of 6670.

It is an emerging suburb in the City Of Wyndham and a sister suburb to next door Truganina.

History

Tarneit was established as a grazing area. Tarneit Post Office opened on 8 March 1888, closed in 1895, reopened in 1902 and closed again in 1943.

Land Use

Tarneit is mostly used as agricultural grazing land, but this is changing due to urban sprawl coming from nearby suburbs, such as Hoppers Crossing and Werribee, happening mostly in the southern region of Tarneit.

Tarneit already has a secondary school within its boundaries, known as Thomas Carr. A lot of residential growth is occurring in the Thomas Carr district, with other schools and shopping centres planned for construction. Wyndham Village Shopping centre, in the suburb's south, was completed in 2005 to serve the exploding population in the immediate area, especially in the residential developments of Tarneit Gardens, The Rise, Rose Grange and Seasons. Existing Bus Routes in the area have recently been altered and now better serve the suburb.

In the next ten years, Tarneit and other suburbs such as Truganina are expected to grow rapidly as more established City of Wyndham suburbs are exhausted for land space.

Housing Estates

The Tarneit area is now the site of several new housing estates, including Tarneit Gardens[104347], The Rise[104348], Claremont Park and Rose Grange. Mooted estates include Evadene[104349] (located within Claremont Park). By contrast with the number and scale of private estate developments in Tarneit, public housing remains underprovisioned.

Transportation

In the more barren agricultural areas of Tarneit, the roads are yet to be sealed and are often muddy in rainy weather, such as Leakes Road, which was a dry weather only road. Leakes Road has recently under gone redevelopment and is now sealed from Fitzgerald Road to Derrimut Road with the last 2 kilometres still to be sealed to reach Tarneit Road, and provides a link from the industrial areas of Altona North and Laverton North to Tarneit and Hoppers Crossing. It is planned to ease traffic congestion on Sayers Road, which services Hoppers Crossing commuters travelling to and from the city. In peak hour the road is often a traffic nightmare for locals.

Unfortunately there is virtually no public transportation. Land reservation for a bus or rail transit link will be underway by 2008, however, rail is favoured. A rail line that will connect with the existing Werribee line is favoured.

In the 2008 Victorian Transport Plan, the Tarneit link connecting the Melton and Werribee railway lines and re-directing Geelong V/Line trains from the Werribee line has been confirmed.

Alumni

-Shaun McGuinness (Touted as the best player on paper in IPL for Punjab XI)

Population

The population of Tarneit in 2006 was 6,669 people. However, growth in this area leads to predictions of Tarneit's population booming in coming years.

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