Laverton North is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, west of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Wyndham
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local government area
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. Laverton North recorded a population of 119 at the
2021 census.
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Located near the rural-urban fringe, Laverton North is bounded by Boundary Road to the north, Derrimut Road and the Federation Trail to the west, Old Geelong Road and the ]West Gate Freeway
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to the south and Kororoit Creek to the east. It is predominantly an industrial suburb
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.
Demographics
In the 2011 census, 69.23% were born in Australia, 9.89% New Zealand, 4.4% Malta, 3.3% United Kingdom and 13.18% in other countries.
50.55% claimed Christianity, 30.77% claimed other or no religion, 3.3% Buddhism and 3.3% claimed Hinduism.
Environmental issues
Fires at recycling facilities
Early January 2021, a large industrial fire started at a metal recycling facility owned by InfraBuild. 80 firefighters worked on the 35-square-metre fire.
The same week, another fire started in a pile of scrap metal at Norstar Steel Recyclers, a facility recycling steel. Seventy firefighters worked on fighting the blaze and local residents were advised to stay inside. A similar event occurred at the same facility in February 2018.
Early 2024, a fire started in a stockpile of recycling materials at a recycling facility and burned for two days. EPA Victoria issued a prohibition notice to stop adding more material to the site and an Environmental Action Notice (EAN) to the company.
References
Suburbs of the City of Wyndham
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