Macleod, Victoria
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Macleod Melbourne, Victoria |
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Macleod Shops |
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Population: | 8083 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 3085 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 2.7 km² (1.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Property Value: | AUD $338,900 [2] | ||||||||||||
Location: | 18 km (11 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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State District: | Ivanhoe, Bundoora | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Batman, Jagajaga | ||||||||||||
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Macleod is a north eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Banyule.
Macleod's Local Australian rules football team is the Kangaroos, who play in Division 2 of the Northern Football League (NFL). They also have a cricket team called The Macleod Eagles, who play in Money Shield within the Diamond Valley Cricket Association. There is also a local basketball team called the Banyule Hawks whose home ground is the Banyule YMCA in Macleod.
Macleod's most significant educational facility is "Macleod College", A co-educational P-12 school.
Macleod train station lies in zone 2 within the Melbourne ticketing system, on the Hurstbridge line.
At the 2006 census, it had a population of 8083.
[edit] See also
- City of Heidelberg - the former local government area of which part of Macleod was a part.
- Shire of Diamond Valley - the former local government area of which part of Macleod was a part.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Macleod (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ Macleod, accessed 27 November 2006
[edit] External links
- Macleod, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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