Officer, Victoria
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| Coordinates: 38°03′29″S 145°24′32″E / 38.05806°S 145.40889°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 18,503 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3809 | ||||||||||||
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Officer is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District and the second most populous in the Shire of Cardinia after Pakenham. Officer recorded a population of 18,503 at the 2021 census.
Officer serves as the Council seat of the shire.
Most of the land around Officer is currently being developed for residential use with medium density housing. Population and demographic mixes are changing, with construction of a 4,000 lot housing estate to be completed in late 2019. Current estates that have been announced and under construction include: Timbertop, Arcadia, Kaduna Park, Savannah, Officer Fields and Officer Central.