4įigure 24: New growth areas grow rapidly from 2018 to 2036.
To provide residents with access to employment, services and amenities, considerable new investment is needed in many types of infrastructure, including utility connections, roads and public transport, schools, hospitals, community infrastructure and telecommunications. Unlike in established suburbs, almost all this construction is in areas that were previously rural with little existing infrastructure and small starting populations. These extra people will require new homes, and that means building many thousands of new dwellings. While the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily slowed population growth, many more Victorians will continue to call designated growth areas home.