Chadstone is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Monash
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Demographics
Monash has a diverse pop ...
local government area
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. Chadstone recorded a population of 9,552 at the
2021 census.
[
Landmarks include the Waverley Basketball Centre, Jordanville Community Centre and the Matthew Flinders Hotel. Scotchmans Creek runs along Chadstone's southern boundary, the ]Glen Waverley railway line
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along the northern boundary, Warrigal Road
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to the west and Huntingdale Road to the east. The Monash Freeway
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runs through the suburb.
History
Many of the houses in the Chadstone area were built in the postwar period using prefabricated concrete produced at the current site of Holmesglen Institute. The houses tend to be quite small, with two to three bedrooms and large blocks. It is relatively common for houses to be demolished and larger houses built to take advantage of the block size.
Chadstone Post Office opened on 8 April 1957 and Chadstone Centre Post Office opened on 3 October 1960. The Chadstone office closed in 1998.
Chadstone was home to Jordanville South Primary School on Baradine Street, which closed down at the end of the school year in 1993. It was also home to Chadstone High School
Chadstone High School (State School number 7710) was a former Victorian Government high school, located in the Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australia ...
(now closed), and Waverley High School (originally named Holmesglen High School, then renamed Jordanville High School and finally Waverley High School not to be confused with Mount Waverley High School located in Mount Waverley) which closed down in 1996. Chadstone's "Christ Campus" of the Australian Catholic University
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Australian Catholic University was opened on 1 January 1991 following the amalgamatio ...
closed down in the early 2000s, its land being bought by Chadstone Shopping Centre
Chadstone Shopping Centre (colloquially known as Chaddy) is a super regional shopping centre located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East. Chadstone Shopping Centre is the biggest shopping centre in Australia and one of the bi ...
to expand.
Today
Chadstone is a small suburb, with parts previously known as Chadstone being rezoned to be incorporated into Malvern East
Malvern East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Malvern East recorded a population of 22,296 at the 2021 c ...
. Several landmarks such as Chadstone Shopping Centre
Chadstone Shopping Centre (colloquially known as Chaddy) is a super regional shopping centre located in the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Malvern East. Chadstone Shopping Centre is the biggest shopping centre in Australia and one of the bi ...
and the Chadstone campus of Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
Holmesglen Institute is a vocational education and higher education institute situated primarily in the South-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.
History
Since its inception in 1982, Holmesglen has grown from a delivery of 90 programs to 7, ...
have retained their original names despite now being technically located in Malvern East. The current Chadstone locality incorporates an area formerly known as Jordanville (even though Jordanville Station is technically in Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Mount Waverley recorded a population of 35,340 at the 2021 census.
It ...
).
There are two schools in Chadstone, both of which are Roman Catholic
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Independent schools. They are Salesian College and St Mary Magdalen's Primary School.
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 8,641 people in Chadstone. 46.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 11.2%, India 4.5%, Sri Lanka 3.1%, Greece 2.8% and Malaysia 2.1%. 43.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 12.4%, Greek 7.2%, Cantonese 3.4%, Italian 2.8% and Sinhalese 2.4%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.7% and Catholic 20.0%.
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See also
* City of Oakleigh
The City of Oakleigh was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1891 until 1994.
History
Oakleigh was initially part of the Oakleigh R ...
– Chadstone was previously within this former local government area.
* Chadstone Football Club
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References
External links
Australian Places: Chadstone
{{City of Monash suburbs
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Monash