Campbellfield is a suburb in

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, north of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Campbellfield recorded a population of 4,977 at the 2021 census.

History

Campbellfield was named after two unrelated families named Campbell brough farm lots in the area in the 1840s. The land at that time was lightly timbered, which made it easy for grazing, plus also due to its proximity to the

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. The first Broadmeadows Post Office was open briefly in 1854 in Campbellfield. It reopened on 1 June 1856 and closed in 1893, replaced by the

Campbellfield railway station Campbellfield was a former railway station on the Upfield railway line between Upfield and Gowrie, located in the suburb of Campbellfield, Victoria, just to the north of the level crossing A level crossing is an intersection w ...

office. This, in turn, was renamed Campbellfield around 1903. Campbellfield is home to Victoria's oldest church in east Broadmeadows. The Scots church was built on Sydney Road in 1842, and replaced by the present blue stone structure in 1855. It was placed on the National Estate and

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, and has been an icon of Victorian history.

Today

Campbellfield was home to the Ford Australia's

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and

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models were last manufactured in Australia. The Ford factory closed in October 2016 with the loss of 650 jobs. Campbellfield is a mixed residential and industrial/business suburb, with various industrial areas and business parks around the suburb. In 2011–2012, it was listed in the top four of Melbourne's most crime-ridden suburbs, and bottom five of Melbourne's most livable suburbs. The suburb has one public school (Campbellfield Heights Primary School). There are currently no private or secondary schools. Campbellfield has a strip of shops on Barry Road known as Fordgate, and a shopping plaza on Sydney Road.

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has its source in National Boulevard Nature Reserve in Campbellfield just north of the Ford plant and next to the disused single track railway line.

Population

In the , there were 5,056 people in Campbellfield. 42.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Iraq 11.5%, Lebanon 8.3%, Italy 5.7%, Turkey 3.6% and Greece 2.2%. 18.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 28.5%, Assyrian/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 13.4%, Italian 7.7%, Turkish 7.3% and Greek 4.6%. The most common responses for religion were Islam 35.1% and Catholic 35.0%.

Transport

Bus

Six

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service the suburb: * 530 Campbellfield Plaza –

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via

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. Operated by

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.530 Campbellfield Plaza - Coburg via Fawkner
Public Transport Victoria * 531 Upfield station – North Coburg via Somerset Estate. Operated by Broadmeadows Bus Service.531 Upfield Station - North Coburg via Somerset Estate
Public Transport Victoria * 532 Craigieburn station – Broadmeadows station via Upfield station. Operated by Broadmeadows Bus Service.532 Craigieburn Station - Broadmeadows Station via Upfield Station
Public Transport Victoria * 538 Somerset Estate – Broadmeadows station via Camp Road. Operated by

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.538 Somerset Estate - Broadmeadows via Camp Road
Public Transport Victoria * 540 Upfield station – Broadmeadows station via

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. Operated by Dysons.540 Upfield - Broadmeadows via Coolaroo
Public Transport Victoria * 902 Chelsea station – Westfield

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Shopping Centre (

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service). Operated by

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.902 Chelsea Railway Station - Airport West Shopping Centre (SMARTBUS Service)
Public Transport Victoria

Train

Campbellfield has one railway station, Upfield, which is the terminus of the Upfield line. The station is located on Barry Road, with the station and railway line acting as the suburban boundary between Campbellfield and

. Broadmeadows station, on the Craigieburn line, is another nearby station. There was a

, located adjacent to Camp Road, from 1889 until 1956, when it was closed to make way for the newly built Upfield station, which was located in a position more accessible to the community.

References

External links

Australian Places – Campbellfield
{{City of Hume suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Hume Hume Highway