Hoppers Crossing

Hoppers Crossing Melbourne, Victoria
Canola Fields and Radio Towers in Hoppers Crossing
Hoppers Crossing
Coordinates	37°52′08″S 144°41′35″E / 37.869°S 144.693°E / -37.869; 144.693Coordinates: 37°52′08″S 144°41′35″E / 37.869°S 144.693°E / -37.869; 144.693
Population	37,598 (2011 census)
• Density	2,112/km2 (5,471/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	3029
Area	17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Location	23.1 km (14 mi) from Melbourne 4.61 km (3 mi) from Werribee 48 km (30 mi) from Geelong
LGA(s)	City of Wyndham
State electorate(s)	Tarneit Werribee
Federal Division(s)	Lalor
Suburbs around Hoppers Crossing: Tarneit Tarneit Truganina Werribee Hoppers Crossing Williams Landing Werribee Werribee Point Cook

Hoppers Crossing is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23.1 km south-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2011 Census, Hoppers Crossing had a population of 37,598.

The suburb is named after Stephen Hopper (1832-1908) and his family, who were residents in the area. Hoppers Lane runs through the site of the former State Research Farm at Werribee, and its crossing of the Geelong-Melbourne railway, adjacent to the present Hoppers Crossing railway station, led to the naming of the area.

Until 1963, Hoppers Crossing's only notable feature was a general store. In 1963 the town started to take shape, with the first subdivision of residential land. Hoppers Crossing grew rapidly and consistently into the 1970s, and the Post Office opened on 2 June 1975. Hoppers Crossing's first shopping centre, Woodville Park, was built and in 1970, the area's first primary school, Mossfiel Primary School, had its first student intake.

In 1983, Hoppers Crossing Shopping Centre opened. It includes a Target store, a Safeway Supermarket and 10 other stores.

Werribee Plaza opened in 1985. It was modernised between 2000 and 2006. Several significant redesigns and extensions have been built. It now includes retailers such as Myer, Woolworths, Big W, Kmart, Coles, JB Hi-Fi, Adairs, a Village Cinemas complex, Best & Less and many more. The Victorian State Government announced plans of a $300 million upgrade, which will more than double the plaza's retail space. Once completed, the plaza will be slightly smaller than Highpoint, the biggest shopping centre in Melbourne's West.