Sunshine North is a suburb in

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, west of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Sunshine North recorded a population of 12,047 at the .

History

Sunshine North Post Office opened on 1 February 1958 as the suburb was developed.

Demographics

In the 2011 census the population of Sunshine North was 10,637, approximately 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median/average age of the people in Sunshine North is 37 years of age. 39.4% of people living in the suburb of Sunshine North were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 23.1% Vietnam, 5.1% Malta, 2.6% Italy, 2.1% India, 1.7% Philippines, 1.2% China, 1.0% Burma/Myanmar, 0.9% Poland, 0.8% Sudan, 0.8% Croatia, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.6% England, 0.6% Cyprus, 0.5% Greece. 31.8% of people living in Sunshine North speak Vietnamese. The other top languages spoken are 25.8% English only, 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 5.8% Maltese, 5.5% Cantonese, 4.7% Other, 3.6% Italian, 1.8% Spanish, 1.6% Arabic, 1.6% Greek. The religious makeup of Sunshine North is 35.0% Catholic, 23.1% Buddhism, 12.8% No religion, 8.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Islam, 3.3% Eastern Orthodox, 3.3% Anglican, 1.8% Baptist, 1.3% Other Religious Groups, 1.1% Christian, nfd. The median individual income is $353 per week and the median household income is $882 per week. The median rent in Sunshine North is $255 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1426 per month.

Attractions

* Brimbank Park (only 4 km walk) * Maribyrnong River Trail

Flora and fauna

Many native species exist along the

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on the eastern border of the suburb. Some species thrive in the area. The most abundant are; *

Rainbow lorikeet The rainbow lorikeet (''Trichoglossus moluccanus'') is a species of parrot found in Australia. It is common along the eastern seaboard, from northern Queensland to South Australia. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. Six ...

Common brushtail possum The common brushtail possum (''Trichosurus vulpecula'', from the Ancient Greek, Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus ''Phalangista'') is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae ...

* Flying foxes or fruit bat ''

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'' *

Cockatoo A cockatoo is any of the 21 species of parrots belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea ( true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up t ...

Galah The galah (; ''Eolophus roseicapilla''), less commonly known as the pink and grey cockatoo or rose-breasted cockatoo, is an Australian species of cockatoo and the only member of the genus ''Eolophus''. The galah is adapted to a wide variety of m ...

* Eastern brown snake Introduced species; *

European rabbit The European rabbit (''Oryctolagus cuniculus'') or coney is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal and Andorra) and southwestern France. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Oryctolagus''. The European rab ...

Red fox The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus ...

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Sport

The suburb host former

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and current

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competitors

Melbourne Knights FC Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Victoria, Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, t ...

at Somers Street.

North Sunshine Football Club The North Sunshine Football Club is an Australian rules football club that has competed in the Western Region Football League since 1967. It is based in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine North, Victoria. History Founded in 1967 as Crossroads Fo ...

play at Dempster Park in the

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References

External links

Parks Victoria Brimbank Park page Sept 2007

Maribyrnong River Parks Victoria page Sept 2007

Maribyrnong Valley Parklands – See Parknotes Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Brimbank {{melbourne-geo-stub