Fairfield (Melbourne)

Fairfield
Grandview Hotel, built in 1888
State :  Australia State : Victoria City : Melbourne Founded : 1839
Coordinates : 37 ° 48 ′  S , 145 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 48 ′  S , 145 ° 0 ′  E Area : 3.5  km²
Residents : 6,558 (2016) Population density : 1874 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Telephone code : (+61) 3 Postal code : 3078 LGA : Yarra City , Darebin City
Fairfield

Fairfield is a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , six kilometers northeast of Melbourne city center (CBD, Central Business District ). It belongs to the Local Administrative Areas ( LGA ) of Yarra City and Darebin City . At the 2016 population census, Fairfield had a permanent population of 6,558.

geography

The boundaries of the district are Grange Road in the east, Heidelberg Road in the south, Darebin Road in the north and the Northcote district in the west. Today, most of the business and shopping opportunities in Fairfeld Village are concentrated around Station Street, north of the Fairfield stop on the Hurstline railway. Most of Fairfield, however, consists of single-family homes, parks and sports areas.

The Yarra Bend Park is a large-scale flow of parkland on the Yarra River in Fairfield, the 260 hectares in size and is visited annually by about 1.5 million people.

history

The Fairfield Post Office opened on February 21, 1887. In 1962, Fairfield initially belonged to the City of Heidelberg , later in the same year it was incorporated into the City of Northcote and finally in 1994 it was divided into the local administrative areas City of Darebin and Yarra City .

photos

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  The Fairfield Boathouse on the Yarra River

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  Fairfield Pipe Bridge in Yarra Park

Web links

Commons : Fairfield, Victoria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fairfield Village (shopping center)
• Yarra Bend Park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Fairfield (Vic.) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.