- Croydon South, Victoria
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Croydon South
Melbourne, Victoria
Croydon SouthPopulation: 4242 (2006)[1] Postcode: 3136 Area: 2.1 km² (0.8 sq mi) Location: 31 km (19 mi) from Melbourne LGA: City of Maroondah State District: Kilsyth Federal Division: Casey Suburbs around Croydon South: Ringwood East Croydon Croydon Ringwood East Croydon South Kilsyth Bayswater North Bayswater North Kilsyth Croydon South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2006 Census, Croydon South had a population of 4242.
Croydon South has a small shopping strip on the corner of Eastfield and Bayswater Roads incorporating over 20 retail outlets and a Post Office. It is close to the foothills of Mount Dandenong and the Dandenong Ranges.
Croydon South Post Office opened on 1 February 1961 as the suburb was developed.[2]
In 2009 Term One, Croydon South Primary School will merge with Tinternvale Primary School. Unfortunately, falling enrolments, have necessitated the merger. The Education Department has agreed to a large increase in funding for the merger at the Tinternvale site and to bring the newly merged school into line with current standards.
Sport
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team, The South Croydon Bulldogs, competing in the Eastern Football League.[3] Croydon South has two cricket teams, South Croydon based at Cheong Park and Eastfield based at Benson Oval. Both the teams compete in the RDCA, Ringwood District Cricket Association. The South Croydon Youth Club (S.C.Y.C) Scorpions basketball club is also based at Cheong Park, offering basketball to local youth age 6 to 18. There is also a netball team,SCYC Flames Inc Netball Club, which competes in the Lilydale-Yarra Valley Netball Association.
See also
- City of Croydon - the former local government area of which Croydon South was a part.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Croydon South (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC21209&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Full Point Footy, Eastern Football League, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/eastern_football_league.htm, retrieved 2008-10-21
Coordinates: 37°48′50″S 145°16′16″E / 37.814°S 145.271°E
Suburbs of the City of Maroondah | Melbourne | Victoria Bayswater North · Croydon · Croydon Hills · Croydon North · Croydon South · Heathmont · Kilsyth South · Ringwood · Ringwood East · Ringwood North · Warranwood
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