| Pascoe Vale South Melbourne, Victoria |
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Pascoe Vale South
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| Population: | 8702 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3044 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3 km² (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 9 km (6 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Moreland | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Pascoe Vale, Brunswick | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Wills | ||||||||||||
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Pascoe Vale South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland. At the 2006 Census, Pascoe Vale South had a population of 8702.
Pascoe Vale South adjoins Brunswick West to the south, Strathmore at the Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Coburg to the east, and Pascoe Vale to the north. It borders the Tullamarine Freeway.
Major features of the suburb include the Bell Street/Melville Road Shopping area.
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The Pascoe Vale area was part of the original John Pascoe Fawkner estate. In 1841 Dr Farquhar McCrae, a wealthy surgeon, purchased land called 'La Rose' in what is now known as Pascoe Vale South. The house he built in 1842 or 1843 is now known as Wentworth House, and is the oldest known private dwelling in Victoria still standing on its original site and the fifth oldest building in Victoria. It is located at 22 Le Cateau Street, Pascoe Vale South.
Significant development of Pascoe Vale South took place after the tram was extended to Bell Street in 1927, with the Post Office opened on August 1, 1927.[2]
According to 2001 Census data, Pascoe Vale South is primarily a family residential suburb with average income, education and relatively low unemployment. The census revealed that 8336 people live in Pascoe Vale, and the trend is that this is likely to increase slightly with some new residential development. House ownership is relatively stable at 54 per cent.
Pascoe Vale South is less culturally diverse than other suburbs of Moreland and even lower than the Melbourne average. About 62 per cent of people spoke English at home.
Tram route 55 tram provides public transport through the suburb along Melville Road from the Bell Street terminus to the city. For cyclists, the suburb adjoins the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail to the west. The following bus routes also services the area:
Route 527 which is very popular with shoppers, because it travel through Coburg, which has Sydney Road and surrounding streets, Preston, High Street and Preston Market which serves food and many retail outlets, through to Northland Shopping Centre. This route was recently upgraded to the new bus time standards for Melbourne, which allows it to travel from around 6am weekdays till 9pm and on weekends 7am till 9pm.
Pascoe Vale South has a government primary school and two catholic schools.
The following places in Pascoe Vale are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register:
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