Background

Every four years, Victorian councils must review their Community Vision and develop a new Council Plan that responds to the Vision.

The Community Vision is developed by the community and identifies their aspirations and the future they want to see to ensure Hume is a great place with live, learn, work and play.

In 2021, our community told us that they wanted Hume to be:

Since then, our community has continued to grow and because of the pandemic, how we live and what we value has changed.

Refreshing this Vision

Deliberative engagement via community panel

In October 2024, a Community Panel (Panel) was formed to review the Community Vision via a deliberative engagement process.

The Panel was established through an Expression of Interest (EOI) process that ran from 9 September to 16 October 2024. The EOI was promoted through Council’s established networks and newsletters, at Council facilities, and on Council’s website, engagement page and social media platforms. A mailout was also sent to 5000 residents selected at random, stratified by suburb.

Selection of the Panel was managed independently of Council to ensure a rigorous process and considered age, gender, suburb, household make-up, housing tenure, language spoken at home, connection to Hume and identifying as a hardly heard group, including living with a disability, carer or Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander. Of the 160 submissions received to the EOI process, 47 panel members were selected, who combined, are as close to representative of the Hume community as possible (based on ABS Census data).

The Panel was tasked with considering updated information on Hume and refreshing the Vision (if required) to ensure it continues to reflect current community aspirations. Given the high-level nature of the current Vision, the Panel was also asked to outline in greater detail the outcomes that should be seen in 20 years when the desired aspirations were achieved to better guide Council’s strategic planning and decision making.

The process to review and refresh the Vision occurred over three panel sessions held on 30 October 2024 (1), 9 November 2024 (2) and 29 January 2025 (3).

Hume Community Vision 2045

Through the review process, the Panel has developed a refreshed Hume Community Vision 2045 which sets out the community’s aspirations for Hume City over the next 20 years:

  • Equality, equity and inclusion and connection

    Everyone in Hume has equal opportunities and resources to fulfil their potential. Hume recognises that people have different needs and provides different levels of support to achieve fairness. Hume is a welcoming, inclusive community, centred around empowerment, resilience, and respect of diversity, creating an environment where everyone feels valued, safe and has a sense of belonging.

  • Well connected and well serviced city

    Residents and visitors have easy access, in a timely and efficient manner, to amenities, services and transportation options.

  • Environmentally centred

    Our decisions are grounded by all aspects of our environmental impact, through the protection, conservation and expansion of our native flora, fauna, parklands and waterways.

  • Responsible and well governed city

    Council continues to be transparent, well governed and accessible. It responsibly engages with community, and strategically advocates to meet the future needs of Hume.

Adoption of refreshed Vision

The Panel presented the refreshed Hume Community Vision 2045 to Council in February 2025, where it was adopted.

The refreshed Vision will guide the development of the next Council Plan, as well as our Financial Plan and Asset Plan. It will also shape Council's planning and decision-making to ensure we deliver the projects and priorities that matter most to our community, while managing our budget responsibly.