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.