Heidelberg West, Victoria
| Heidelberg West Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 5097 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3081 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.2 km² (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 10 km (6 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Banyule | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Ivanhoe | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Jagajaga | ||||||||||||
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Heidelberg West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule. At the 2006 Census, Heidelberg West had a population of 5097.
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[edit] Suburb
Heidelberg west contains The Mall, an open style shopping centre constructed during the 1950s. The centre is to be redeveloped[when?] as a part of the urban renewal plan. Another shopping strip is situated at the end of Bell Street.
Darebin Creek, and its surrounding park-lands, act as Heidelberg West's main public open space. This green space contrasts with the urban parts of Heidelberg West, which consist of medium to low-density housing and development.[citation needed]
[edit] History
The Heidelberg West Post Office opened on 14 May 1923, and was renamed Heidelberg Heights around 1950. The current office on Oriel Road opened in 1952. The Heidelberg Military Hospital office opened in 1941 and was renamed to Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in 1947.[2]
In 1956, Heidelberg West became the site of the Summer Olympics athlete's village. The village was converted into a Housing Commission of Victoria estate following the conclusion of the games, and in recent years[when?] has had properties sold into private hands. In 2006 the suburb was selected for urban renewal by the State Government because of its low socio-economic profile.[citation needed]
[edit] Education
Heidelberg West hosts the following educational facilities:
- Olympic Village Primary School
- Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
[edit] Health care facilities
- Repatriation campus of the Austin Hospital
[edit] Recreation
- Heidelberg West Football Club, an Australian Rules football team, competes in the Northern Football League. It plays its home games at Heidelberg Park in Heidelberg.[3]
- Olympic Colts Cricket Club affiliated with the North Metro Cricket Association and resides at Olympic Village Reserve.
[edit] See also
- City of Heidelberg - the former local government area of which Heidelberg West was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Heidelberg West (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21337&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Full Points Footy, Northern Football League, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/diamond_valley_football_league.htm, retrieved 2009-04-15
Coordinates: 37°44′38″S 145°02′49″E / 37.744°S 145.047°E
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