Strathmore Heights is a suburb in

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, north-west of Melbourne's

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, located within the

City of Moonee Valley The City of Moonee Valley is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, on Wurundjeri, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. It comprises th ...

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. Strathmore Heights recorded a population of 1,047 at the 2021 census. Strathmore Heights is located between

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, the Albion–Jacana freight railway line,

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and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail.

History

Strathmore Heights was developed in 1960 by Strathmore Heights Proprietary Limited, a company promoted by

Bruce Small Sir Andrew Bruce Small OStJ (11 December 1895 – 1 May 1980) was an Australian businessman and politician. In Melbourne, he developed Malvern Star bicycles into a household name in Australia, then retired to the Gold Coast, Queensland, where ...

, famed for his proprietorship of

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bicycles and sponsorship of world champion cycling athlete, Sir

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. From 1945, Bruce Small had also owned adjacent land at

Gowanbrae Gowanbrae is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Gowanbrae recorded a population of 2,971 at the 2021 census. Gowanbrae i ...

, north of Strathmore Heights .Being just north of Essendon Airport, which was the original Melbourne International Airport, many of the streets have aviation names such as: * Boeing Road * Lockheed Street * De Havilland Avenue * Fokker Street * Vickers Avenue * Caravels Crescent * Douglas Court * Northrop Court

Public transport

Strathmore Heights, being remote from the

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, is serviced solely by the following

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: *469

Moonee Ponds Moonee Ponds is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley Local government ar ...

– Niddrie SC via Essendon RS, Strathmore, Airport West Shopping town. Operated by Kastoria Bus Lines. Tram route 59, operating between

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and the city,

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and Oak Park railway stations are the nearest form of rail-based public transport.

Demographics

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* The most common ancestries in Strathmore Heights were Australian 23.0%, English 22.4%, Irish 8.5%, Italian 8.3% and Scottish 7.0%. * In Strathmore Heights , 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.4%, England 1.7%, Greece 1.6%, Sri Lanka 1.6% and New Zealand 1.3%. * The most common responses for religion in Strathmore Heights were Catholic 36.7%, No Religion, so described 25.0%, Anglican 10.1%, Not stated 7.1% and Eastern Orthodox 6.8%. In Strathmore Heights, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (66.6%) (this figure excludes not stated responses). * In Strathmore Heights , 75.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.8%, Italian 3.3%, Arabic 1.8%, Sinhalese 1.7% and Turkish 1.4%.

References

Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Moonee Valley {{melbourne-geo-stub

History

Public transport

Demographics

See also

References