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Tarneit is a rural-urban fringe suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km west of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2011 Census, Tarneit had a population of 21,690. According to forecast.id Tarneit's population is estimated to increase to 63,512 in 2031. Tarneit is an emerging suburb in the City Of Wyndham and neighbours another emerging suburb, Truganina. Tarneit is mostly used as agricultural grazing land. However this landscape is rapidly changing due to the urban sprawl coming from nearby suburbs, such as Hoppers Crossing and Werribee, mostly happening in the southern part of Tarneit. Tarneit has a number of schools established within its boundaries, including Thomas Carr College, Baden Powell Prep - Year 9 College and Tarneit Central College. The Islamic College of Melbourne (ICOM), located at Wootten Road, classes from Grade 1 to Grade 9 in 2015. There has been much residential growth occur in the Thomas Carr District, with other schools and shopping centres planned for construction. Construction of stage one of Tarneit Central Shopping Centre, on the south east corner of Derrimut and Leakes Roads, is now expected to begin in mid 2016, due to delays in the planning process, and take 18 months to complete. Wyndham Village Shopping Centre, in the suburb's south, was completed in 2005 to serve the exploding population in the immediate area, especially in the residential developments of Tarneit Gardens, The Rise, Rose Grange and Seasons.