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About Strathmore
Strathmore is a suburb of Melbourne and is located 10 kilometres to the north west of the central business district of Melbourne. The suburb is primarily residential in nature. Here are some facts
about the suburb and the people who live there.
(These figures are from the 1996 census.)
Area - 6.121 square kilometres.
Population (1996) - 8,298.
Population density - 1,356 people per sq. km.
Number of Private Dwellings - 3,176.
Percentage of dwellings owned or being purchased by occupant - 85%
Percentage of Population Born Overseas - 17.8%
(Mainly from UK and Ireland, and Italy. Compares with 31.1% metropolitan average.)
Percentage of households with one or more vehicle - 93.1%
Percentage of households with three or more vehicles - 15%
Percentage of Population with Bachelor degree or higher - 15%
Trends
Here are the trends over the last four census.
| Year of Census | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 |
| Population | 8,806 | 8,518 | 8,290 | 8,298 |
| Population change from previous census | -0.4% | -0.7% | -0.5% | 0.0 |
| Percentage under 18 y.o. | 27.3% | 25.6% | 24.9% | 25.6% |
| Percentage over 60 y.o. | 16.1% | 19.0% | 19.9% | 19.3% |
| No. of Dwellings | 3020 | 3060 | 3109 | 3176 |
| No. of Persons per Household | 3.05 | 2.92 | 2.90 | 2.84 |
Maps
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Location of Strathmore in relation to the Melbourne Metropolitan Region.
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Map of Strathmore
This information is from the information sheet, "Suburbs in Time, 2000" - Strathmore sheet, produced by the Department of Infrastructure. Check out the sheet for more interesting facts. (This is a pdf file. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.)