Bangholme, Victoria

Bangholme
Melbourne, Victoria

Bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing Eummemmering Creek in Bangholme
Population: 556 (2006)[1]
Established: 1925
Postcode: 3175
Area: 30 km² (11.6 sq mi)
Location:
LGA: City of Greater Dandenong
State District: Lyndhurst
Federal Division: Isaacs
Localities around Bangholme:
Braeside Keysborough Dandenong South
Chelsea Heights Bangholme Lyndhurst
Patterson Lakes Carrum Downs Sandhurst

Bangholme is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district and 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]

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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

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bangholme (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21053&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-01. 
  2. ^ Melbourne Water : Sewerage : Eastern Treatment Plant
  3. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 
  4. ^ 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". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2033.0.55.001/. Retrieved 4 July 2011. 
  5. ^ Sport & Recreation Victoria
  6. ^ Golf Select, Eastern Sward, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=656, retrieved 2009-05-11 

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