| Brunswick West Melbourne, Victoria |
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Brunswick West
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| Population: | 12,197 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3055 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.2 km² (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 6 km (4 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Moreland | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Brunswick | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Wills | ||||||||||||
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Brunswick West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Brunswick West had a population of 12,197.
Brunswick West adjoins Parkville to the south, Moonee Ponds at the Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Pascoe Vale South and Coburg along Moreland Road to the north, and Brunswick along Grantham, Pearson and Shamrock Streets to the east.
Brunswick West is primarily a residential suburb with some light industry. It borders the Tullamarine Freeway.
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Brunswick West Post Office opened on 10 March 1913.[2]
Grantham Sreet and Melville Road are the two main commercial activity centres in Brunswick West, comprising small-scale traditional shopping strips, with a small shopping centre (Union Square) in Grantham Street.
Tram route 55 provides the main north-south link through the suburb and to the city, with a route that runs along Grantham Street, Dawson Street and Melville Road. There are several bus routes on the main east-west streets:
For cyclists, many streets have cycle lanes and the suburb also adjoins the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail to the west, and the Capital City Trail to the south.
Brunswick West has two government primary schools, Brunswick South West PS and Brunswick North West PS, and a Catholic school, St. Josephs.
The largest area of public open space is formed by the reservations along the Moonee Ponds Creek, which runs adjacent to the Tullamarine Freeway. Dunstan Reserve, in the suburb's north, has two ovals, and there are several smaller reserves distributed evenly through the residential area.
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