Bangholme, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Bangholme
City:Melbourne
State:vic
Image2 Upright:0.8
Map Type:nomap
Lga:City of Greater Dandenong
Postcode:3175
Pop:749
Area:30
Coordinates:-38.049°N 145.166°W
Est:1925
Stategov:Carrum
Stategov2:Mordialloc
Fedgov:Isaacs
Dist1:31
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:9
Location2:Dandenong
Near-Nw:Braeside
Near-N:Keysborough
Near-Ne:Dandenong South
Near-W:Chelsea Heights
Near-E:Lyndhurst
Near-Sw:Patterson Lakes
Near-S:Carrum Downs
Near-Se:Sandhurst

Bangholme is a semi-rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. Bangholme recorded a population of 749 at the .

Located adjacent to the urban area, the area is semi-rural and is part of Melbourne's South East Green Wedge, with a significant part of the land used by the Melbourne Water Eastern Sewage Treatment Plant,[1] and the remainder being mostly small land holdings, with some used for horse acreage.

The EastLink tollway passes through the area.

Willow Lodge Village, a mobile home development, is located on Frankston-Dandenong Road.

History

Bangholme Post Office opened on 15 June 1925, and closed in 1943.

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.[2]

Sport

The National Water Sports Centre is located in Bangholme adjacent to the Patterson River.[3] Originally the watersports centre was created for the 1996 Melbourne Olympics, which was lost to Atlanta.[4] Since then the Watersports centre has had no major updates besides the water park that operates on the same land.

Golfers play at the course of the Eastern Sward Golf Club on Thompson Road, Bangholme.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Melbourne Water : Sewerage : Eastern Treatment Plant . 4 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525124451/http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/sewerage/eastern_treatment_plant/eastern_treatment_plant.asp . 25 May 2011 . dead .
  2. Web site: 2033.0.55.001 - Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia - Data only, 2006 . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 25 March 2009 . 4 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629182939/http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/2033.0.55.001/ . 29 June 2011 . live .
  3. Web site: Sport & Recreation Victoria . 2008-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080726152800/http://www.sport.vic.gov.au/web9/srvdirectory.nsf/a95b38d073e3e7d5ca25713b001a179b/a186ce166703f6104a2569ec002a558e?OpenDocument . 2008-07-26 . dead .
  4. Web site: The 1996 Olympic bid and the bitterness that still won't go away. Sally. Heath. 24 February 2006. The Age.