Hume City is a growing, urban fringe municipality about 20 kms from Melbourne's central business district. The southern parts of the city are well-established urban areas, while the north remains rural in character. Almost 29% of its residents were born overseas. It has a young community with 31% of persons aged under 18. Hume is at the Hume Highway, Calder Highway and Metropolitan Ring Road crossroads. It includes the busy Melbourne Airport. The main industries include motor vehicle and part manufacturing, air and space transport, other services to transport, electronic equipment manufacturing.

	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Expenditure ($)	181.516m	171.336m	153.223m	136.109m
Revenue ($)	195.450m	184.386m	173.804m	152.632m
- Charges ($)	118.190m	108.215m	101.178m	91.286m
- VGC Grants ($)	12.523m	12.181m	11.143m	9.974m