Strathmore Heights is a suburb in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria,
Australia, north-west of Melbourne's
Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Moonee Valley
The City of Moonee Valley is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the north-western suburbs between 3 and 13 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre, and in June 2018, ...
local government area. Strathmore Heights recorded a population of 1,047 at the
2021 census.
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Strathmore Heights is located between ]Essendon Airport
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, the Albion–Jacana freight railway line, Moonee Ponds Creek
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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, whe ...
, famed for his proprietorship of Malvern Star bicycles and sponsorship of world champion cycling athlete, Sir Hubert Opperman
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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 ...
, 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
* Caravelle Crescent
* Douglas Court
* Northrop Court
Public transport
Strathmore Heights, being remote from the rail system, is serviced solely by the following bus route
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:
*469 Moonee Ponds
Moonee Ponds is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Moonee Ponds recorded a population of 16,224 at the ...
– Niddrie SC via Essendon RS, Strathmore, Airport West Shoppingtown. Operated by Kastoria Bus Lines.
Tram route 59, operating between Airport West and the city, Glenroy 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%.
See also
* City of Essendon
The City of Essendon was a local government area about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994.
History
Essendon was first incorporated as a borough ...
– Strathmore Heights was previously within this former local government area.
References
Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Moonee Valley
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