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Mickleham, Victoria

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Mickleham
city	Melbourne
state	vic
image	Mickleham_2_aerial.jpg
caption	Mickleham from the northwest
alternative_location_map	Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
coordinates
lga	City of Hume
postcode	3064
pop	17,452
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	243
stategov	Kalkallo
fedgov	Calwell
dist1	29
location1	Melbourne
near-nw	Clarkefield
near-n	Beveridge
near-ne	Kalkallo
near-w	Yuroke
near-e	Craigieburn
near-sw	Wildwood
near-s	Craigieburn
near-se	Craigieburn
local_map	yes
zoom	11

Mickleham panorama facing south towards the Melbourne skyline. April 2024.

Mickleham panorama facing eastwards to the Dandenong Ranges. April 2024.

Mickleham is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 km (18 mi) north of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Hume local government area and beyond the Urban Growth Boundary. Mickleham recorded a population of 17,452 at the 2021 census, In 2018, it was covered by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as Australia's fastest-growing suburb.

The number of dwellings in Mickleham is forecast to grow from 5675 in 2021 to 9386 in 2026 with an estimated population of 30,091.

Mickleham is located north of Yuroke, on Mickleham Road.

History

Mickleham Post Office opened on 1 February 1862 and closed in 1967. To the west of the locality a Konagaderra office opened in 1913 as settlement took place along Deep Creek but closed in 1920. This area is now known as Konagaderra Springs.

Today

Currently there are several estates under development in Mickleham. These developments include housing, schools, child care, city centre and a business park on Donnybrook Road between Mickleham Road and Hume Freeway.

The suburb also hosts Mickleham Post Entry Quarantine Facility, the quarantine facility for all animals and plants entering the country, which must be placed in quarantine according to Australian quarantine regulations. The quarantine facility is located on Donnybrook Road, close to the Hume Freeway.

Education

Mickleham has three government primary schools - Mickleham Primary School, w Road, Gaayip-Yagila Primary School, and Yubup Primary School - and one government secondary school, Mickleham Secondary College.

Mickleham also has three non-government schools - Holy Cross Primary School, a Catholic primary school, Hume Anglican Grammar, a P-12 grammar school, and Darul Ulum Academy, an Islamic school.

Gallery

Image:MicklehamWarMemorial.JPG|War memorial. Image:MicklehamPrimarySchool.JPG|Bluestone building at Mickleham Primary School.

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
[http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/melbourne2030online/content/popups/fig_ip02_01.html Urban Growth Boundary map] {{webarchive. link. (5 April 2011)
compared to 3,142 at the 2016 census.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC21664 | name = Mickleham (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2017-07-03 | quick = on}}
(16 October 2018). "What's it like to live in our fastest-growing suburb?". ABC News.
"Mickleham Population, households and dwellings".
Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List".
"Australian Post Entry Quarantine Facilities".
"Post entry quarantine facility".

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