Strathmore Heights, Victoria
| Strathmore Heights Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Strathmore Heights | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°42′47″S 144°53′49″E / 37.713°S 144.897°ECoordinates: 37°42′47″S 144°53′49″E / 37.713°S 144.897°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 934 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,330/km2 (3,460/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3041 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 12 km (7 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Moonee Valley | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||||
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Strathmore Heights is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moonee Valley. At the 2011 Census, Strathmore Heights had a population of 934.
Strathmore Heights is located between Essendon Airport, Moonee Ponds Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail.
History[]
Strathmore Heights was developed in 1960 by Strathmore Heights Proprietary Limited, a company promoted by Bruce Small, famed for his proprietorship of Malvern Star bicycles and sponsorship of world champion cycling athlete, Sir Hubert Opperman. From 1945 Bruce Small had also owned adjacent land at Gowanbrae, north of Strathmore Heights.
Being just north of Essendon Airport, which was the original Melbourne International Airport, many of the streets have aviation names such as:
- Boeing Road
- Lockheed Street
- De Havilland Avenue
- Fokker Street
- Vickers Avenue
- Caravelle Crescent
- Douglas Court
- Northrop Court
Public transport[]
Strathmore Heights, being remote from the rail system is serviced solely by the following bus route:
- 469 Moonee Ponds – Niddrie SC via Essendon RS, Strathmore, Airport West Shoppingtown. Operated by Kastoria Bus Lines.
Tram route 59, operating between Airport West and the city, Glenroy and Oak Park railway stations are the nearest form of rail-based public transport.
Demographics[]
According to 2016 Australian census data:[2]
The most common ancestries in Strathmore Heights (State Suburbs) were Australian 23.0%, English 22.4%, Irish 8.5%, Italian 8.3% and Scottish 7.0%.
In Strathmore Heights (State Suburbs), 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.4%, England 1.7%, Greece 1.6%, Sri Lanka 1.6% and New Zealand 1.3%.
The most common responses for religion in Strathmore Heights (State Suburbs) were Catholic 36.7%, No Religion, so described 25.0%, Anglican 10.1%, Not stated 7.1% and Eastern Orthodox 6.8%. In Strathmore Heights (State Suburbs), Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (66.6%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).
In Strathmore Heights (State Suburbs), 75.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.8%, Italian 3.3%, Arabic 1.8%, Sinhalese 1.7% and Turkish 1.4%.
See also[]
- City of Essendon – the former local government area of which Strathmore Heights was a part
References[]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Strathmore Heights (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "2016 Census QuickStats: Strathmore Heights". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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