Whitehorse is a major commercial and residential municipality in Melbourne's east, approximately 15 km from Melbourne's CBD. Whitehorse is a mix of quiet residential streets and bustling shopping centres. It has important retail centres at Box Hill and Forest Hill, as well as educational institutions such as Box Hill TAFE and Deakin University. Whitehorse prides itself on having over 350 parks and reserves in its 64 sq km.

	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Expenditure ($)	136.334m	132.964m	127.324m	118.395m
Revenue ($)	149.195m	144.768m	131.268m	124.246m
- Charges ($)	85.216m	79.996m	73.160m	68.197m
- VGC Grants ($)	3.962m	3.922m	3.787m	3.583m