Croydon Hills is a suburb of
Melbourne
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Australia, 26 km east of Melbourne's
Central Business District, located within the
City of Maroondah local government area. Croydon Hills recorded a population of 4,839 at the
2021 census.
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Croydon Hills is bounded by Plymouth Road to the south, Yarra Road to the east and Bemboka Road to the west. The suburb is located in the outer east of Melbourne.
Approximately 5,600 people live in Croydon Hills, with the majority of household incomes between the $50k-80k and $80k-$100k mark.
The suburb was formerly mixed use farmland and orchards. It was developed into spacious suburban housing during the 1980s. The architectural style is typically single storey, brick veneer, with large allotments affording both front and rear gardens, as well as off-street parking for several vehicles.
Croydon Hills has many parks, with walking tracks and native bushlands, such as Settlers Orchard, Yarrunga Reserve, Candlebark Walk and Narr-Maen Reserve. Native birds such as the ]kookaburra
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, magpie, galah
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, sulphur crested cockatoo, magpie-lark
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, purple swamphen The purple swamphen has been split into the following species:
* Western swamphen, ''Porphyrio porphyrio'', southwest Europe and northwest Africa
* African swamphen, ''Porphyrio madagascariensis'', sub-Saharan continental Africa and Madagascar
* ...
, Eurasian coot
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, Pacific black duck
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and Australian wood duck are a common sight in both the parklands and backyard gardens. The common brushtail possum
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inhabits the area.
Croydon Hills has several churches located in the suburb as well, including Baptist
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, Anglican and Presbyterian
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.
The nearest shopping areas are McAdam Square and Burnt Bridge. McAdam Square has a few different shops such as cafes, a Jefferies supermarket, a fruit and vegetable shop, take-away shops, a travel shop, and a newsagency and post office.
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Yarrunga Community Centre
is at 76–86 Croydon Hills Drive, in Yarrunga Reserve, adjacent to Croydon Hills Primary School.
Education
A number of primary and secondary schools are well established in the surrounding Croydon
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and Ringwood North suburbs and thus the area is popular with young families.
There are three schools in Croydon Hills:
Croydon Hills Primary School
Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School
* Luther College
Schools in surrounding areas include Yarra Valley Grammar
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Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School
an
Croydon Primary School
Public transport
The nearest train station is the Croydon railway station. There are few facilities within easy walking distance and most inhabitants rely on motor vehicles.
Buses in Croydon Hills are limited to the following route:
* 380 Ringwood – Croydon via Croydon Hills (every day). Operated by Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura Bus Lines is a large bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operating a fleet of 893 buses on 141 bus routes, including 2 SmartBus routes and 2 V/Line services. It commenced operations in December 1924.
History Ea ...
. This route operates between Ringwood and Croydon railway stations, via Croydon Hills.
Notable people
* 360 (rapper)
Matthew James Colwell (born 12 July 1986), better known by his stage name 360, is an Australian hip hop recording artist. He has released four studio albums: ''What You See Is What You Get'' (2008); ''Falling & Flying'' (2011), which peaked at ...
– attended Luther College, Croydon
* Matthew Haanappel
Matthew Anthony "Matt" Haanappel, (born 21 May 1994) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He was born in Wantirna, Victoria and resides in the far eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He has cerebral palsy right hemiplegia. Haanappel has represente ...
- Paralympic Swimmer lived in the Croydon Hills area during his childhood.
* Aaron Baddeley
Aaron John Baddeley (born 17 March 1981) is an Australian professional golfer. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, he has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the ...
– attended Luther College, Croydon
See also
* City of Croydon
The City of Croydon was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1961 until 1994.
History
Croydon was originally part of the Shire of Lillydale ...
– Croydon Hills was previously within this former local government area.
References
External links
Australian Places – Croydon
Yarrunga Community Centre
{{City of Maroondah suburbs
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Maroondah