Glen Huntly is a suburb in

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, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's

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,Glen Huntley Postcode
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. Glen Huntly recorded a population of 4,905 at the 2021 census. It is a small suburb, approximately 1 km from north to south and 800 metres east to west at its widest point. Its borders are Neerim Road in the north, Booran Road in the west, Grange Road in the east and Woodville Avenue and Oakleigh Road in the south.

History

Glen Huntly is named after a ship, the ''Glen Huntly'', that arrived in

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in April 1840, after setting off from

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carrying 157 new immigrants, skilled manual labourers who were heading for the new colony settled in Melbourne. Fever, most likely

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, struck the ship mid journey and 10 died before reaching Port Phillip Bay. The ''Glen Huntly'' was forced to land at Little Red Bluff (now

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) where Victoria's first quarantine station, consisting of tents, was set up to deal with the crisis. Three more men died at the camp. Supplies and provisions were brought down a dirt track that became

Glen Huntly Road Glen Huntly Road is a main road in Melbourne, Victoria. It starts at Beach Road, Elwood, runs east–west through Elsternwick, Caulfield, Glen Huntly and ends in Carnegie. Glen Huntly Road was named after the emigrant ship ''Glen Huntley' ...

Suburb name

The official name of the suburb is Glen Huntly, as shown on the

website. Since its foundation, the suburb has been known at various times as Glen Huntly (two words) and Glenhuntly (one word) and this still causes confusion; a glance at various local businesses names reveals both versions being used.

Glenhuntly railway station Glenhuntly railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Glen Huntly, and it opened on 19 December 1881 as Glen Huntly Road. It was renamed Glen Huntly on 1 September ...

opened on 19 December 1881 as Glen Huntly Road, and was renamed Glen Huntly on 1 September 1882, before becoming Glenhuntly on 20 April 1937. The Glen Huntly Post Office opened in 1907 as Glenhuntly Post Office before the name was changed to the current name in 1993.Infrastructure , Vicsig. Retrieved 11 August 2013
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Public transport

The suburb is serviced by route 67

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, which has operated since 1889, and

on the

- Frankston train line, which was built in 1881.

Demographics

The 2016 census showed that the median age of people in Glen Huntly was 32 years. Children 0 – 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and those aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population. 38.2% of people living in Glen Huntly were born in Australia and then the next most common countries of birth were India 20.0%, China 9.3%, South Africa 2.3%, England 2.0% and Ukraine 1.4. The census listed the main religions in Glen Huntly as Hinduism 18.4%, Catholic 13.5% and Judaism 10.2%. 'No Religion' accounted for 34.1% and 8.8% did not answer this non-compulsory census question.

Educational institutions

Glen Huntly has a state primary school and a Catholic primary school (St Anthony's) next to a Church of the same name.

References

*Murray, Peter R. & Wells, John C. (1980) ''Sand, Swamp and Heath – A History of Caulfield''. City of Caulfield.

External links

City of Glen Eira
{{City of Glen Eira suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Glen Eira