Blairgowrie (Australia)

Blairgowrie
Sign at the entrance to the village
State :  Australia State : Victoria City : Melbourne
Coordinates : 38 ° 21 ′  S , 144 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 21 ′  S , 144 ° 46 ′  E Area : 6.3  km²
Residents : 2,313 (2016) Population density : 367 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 3942 LGA : Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Blairgowrie

Blairgowrie is a place on the south coast of the Australian state of Victoria . In 2016, 2312 people lived in the village.

geography

Blairgowrie is located in the Australian state of Victoria on the Mornington Peninsula , which extends between Port Phillip Bay and the Pacific Ocean and the Bass Strait in the south. The place borders on Sorrento to the west and Rye to the east . The coastline is approximately 6.3 kilometers, of which 2.5 kilometers fall on the shore of the bay in the north and 3.8 kilometers on the open sea in the south. The beach consists mostly of sand.

History and etymology

The place was named after Blairgowrie Castle in Scotland.

The first post office in Blairgowrie opened on November 1, 1947. It was closed on August 2, 1993.

The one with the Pulitzer Prize honored Rhys Isaac died 2010 in Blairgowrie.

population

During the 2016 census, 2,161 people said they lived in the town. Of these, 49.1% were male and 50.9% female. The average age was 57 years, 18 years above the Australian average of 37 years.

613 families live in Blairgowrie, with an average of 0.4 children. On average, 21 people live per household and pay an average weekly rent of AU $ 320 ; the average weekly household income is AU $ 1,060. There are still an average of 1.8 motor vehicles per household.

In 2016, 32.6% English , 25.9% Australian , 10.3% Irish , 9.3% Scottish and 3.2 German-born people lived in the village . 76.3% of the local population were born in Australia, 4.6% in England, 1.2% in New Zealand , 0.9% in Italy , 0.8% in Germany and 0.6% in Scotland . Indigenous mainland Australians and Torres Strait islanders make up 0.3% of the population, making up a total of 8 people. Of these, three were male and four were female [sic] and their median age was 51 years.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Blairgowrie ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
2. ↑ Post Office List.Retrieved December 4, 2016