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| Bangholme Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing Eummemmering Creek in Bangholme | |||||||||||||||
  Bangholme | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°02′56″S 145°09′58″E / 38.049°S 145.166°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 556 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | Lua error: Unable to convert population "556 (2006)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000006-QINU`"'" to a number. | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3175 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 30 km2 (11.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Greater Dandenong | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lyndhurst | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Isaacs | ||||||||||||||
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Bangholme is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km south-east from Melbourne's central business districtand adjacent to the urban area. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong. At the 2006 Census, Bangholme had a population of 556.
The area is semi-rural and is part of the Melbourne South Eastern green wedge, with much of the land used by the Melbourne Water Eastern Sewage Treatment Plant,[2] and the remainder being mostly small land holdings, with some used for horse acreage.
Bangholme Post Office opened on 15 June 1925, and closed in 1943.[3]
The EastLink tollway passes through the area.[1]
Demographics
Bangholme has a SEIFA score of 744, indicating a high level of disadvantage — it is in the bottom percentile nationally and has the lowest score of any Melbourne suburb.[4]
Sport
The National Water Sports Centre is located in Bangholme adjacent to the Patterson River.[5]
Golfers play at the course of the Eastern Sward Golf Club on Thompson Road, Bangholme.[6]
Horse riding lessons are conducted at BlinkBonnie Equestrian Centre on Pillars Road.
Horse agistment (paddocks for hire) is also available at various properties on and near Pillars Road.
See also
- City of Springvale - the former local government area of which Bangholme was a part.
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bangholme (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ^ Melbourne Water : Sewerage : Eastern Treatment Plant
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 March 2009). "2033.0.55.001 - Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia - Data only, 2006". Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ Sport & Recreation Victoria
- ^ Golf Select, Eastern Sward, retrieved 2009-05-11
External links
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