Briar Hill, Victoria
Briar Hill | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Briar Hill | |||||||||||||
 Interactive map of Briar Hill | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 37°42′29″S 145°06′54″E / 37.708°S 145.115°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA | |||||||||||||
| Location |
| ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 3,220 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,480/km2 (6,420/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3088 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Briar Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule local government area. Briar Hill recorded a population of 3,220 at the 2021 census.
History
[edit]Briar Hill Post Office opened on 1 September 1924. Briar Hill primary school was opened[2]
Education
[edit]Briar Hill Primary School, which was first established in 1927.[3] Sherbourne Primary School, opened in approximately 1973
Facilities
[edit]Public library service is provided by Yarra Plenty Regional Library. The nearest libraries are at Greensborough, Watsonia and Eltham.
Notable people
[edit]Melbourne-based metal band Twelve Foot Ninja come from Briar Hill.[4]
See also
[edit]- Shire of Diamond Valley – Parts of Briar Hill were previously within this former local government area.
- Shire of Eltham – Parts of Briar Hill were previously within this former local government area.
References
[edit]- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Briar Hill (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 3 April 2021
- ↑ Briar Hill Primary School
- ↑ Twelve Foot Ninja
