Cranbourne South is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, 49 km south-east of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Casey
The City of Casey is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a June 2018 population of 340,419. It has an area of .
The city is named ...
local government area
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. Cranbourne South recorded a population of 3,241 at the
2021 census.
By 2009 the
urban growth boundary
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had moved along Pearcedale and Browns Road, placing a large area of the locality inside the main growth area. Two large scale housing developments, Botanic Ridge and Settlers Run Estate, were established in the area which was excised as the suburb of
Botanic Ridge.
In 2019, development in Cranbourne South's area began with a new estate called Brompton. The part located within Cranbourne South is bounded by a new part of Ballarto Road to the north, Dandenong-Hastings Road to the west and Cranbourne Road to the south and east.
The suburb has a small primary school, a petrol station and a general store.
See also
*
City of Cranbourne
The City of Cranbourne was a Local government in Australia, local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. It ...
– Cranbourne South was previously within this former local government area.
References
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Suburbs of the City of Casey