Wyndham’s population has unofficially hit 200,000.
According to Werribee police Inspector Damien Christensen, the city’s population of Wyndham has reached 202,135.
Inspector Damien Christensen said the figure was provided by Wyndham council, but figures supplied by the council to Star Weekly do not match, instead having 192,337 people living in Wyndham as of June.
Whether the official population is 200,000 or not, Wyndham mayor Bob Fairclough said the municipality was struggling to cope with the growing number of residents.
“This continued growth is not sustainable unless it is matched by an increase in services and infrastructure,” Cr Fairclough said.
“Wyndham simply cannot do this alone and is very dependent on the state government to provide a large share of the funding.”
Cr Fairclough said Wyndham needed more arterial road upgrades, new schools, expansion of existing schools, hospital upgrades, extensions to bus services and an expansion of a number of health and community services.
“This residential growth creates pressures on a very broad range of council services, from maternal and child health through to aged-care and community and sporting infrastructure,” he said.
According to id Population Forecasts, 11 babies are being born in Wyndham every day and the overall population is increasing by 19 people every day.
