Located to the south east, Greater Dandenong City Council's central activities district is Melbourne's second largest retail and commercial centre, including over 7,000 businesses, large shopping complexes at Dandenong and Keysborough, the Dandenong Market, a wide variety of fresh produce, seafood and meat, and over 50 Asian restaurants and specialty supermarkets. It is also the most ethnically diverse area in Victoria, with residents from 151 nations, half of whom were born overseas. Key industries include metal manufacturing and food processing and distribution, beverage and malt manufacturing.

	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Expenditure ($)	146.008m	146.486m	134.557m	124.044m
Revenue ($)	186.489m	166.707m	147.060m	134.522m
- Charges ($)	96.345m	89.608m	82.613m	76.005m
- VGC Grants ($)	10.424m	10.458m	10.325m	9.933m