Saint Matthew's Township (also designated Township 17) is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, Saint Matthew's Township had a population of 44,631, a 65.4% increase over 1990, and a population density of 1.10 people per acre (272/km²).

Saint Matthew's Township, occupying 40,448 acres (164 km²)in east-central Wake County, includes portions of the city of Raleigh and the entirety of the town of Knightdale.