Gladstone Park - Melbourne Suburb

Gladstone Park

Intro 

Gladstone Park is a suburb of Melbourne and is located about 15 km north-west of Melbourne’s CBD. The City of Hume is Gladstone Park’s local municipality. Post code is3043.

Gladstone Park is a safe and friendly suburb. The airport is very close by and there are nice schools and parks around. Gladstone Park Shopping Centre is located within this suburb which is very convenient. 

Demographics

According to the 2016 census, the population of Gladstone Park was at 8,338. 50.8% make the female population and 49.2% of male population. 0.3% of the population is comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Median age of people in Gladstone Park is 43. 

Common ancestries include 17.1% Australian, 17.2% English, 10.4% Italian, 6.6% Irish and 4.3% Lebanese. 

Major religions in this city reported No religion, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican - where Christianity was the largest group among these. 

The top languages spoken were English, Arabic, Italian, Greek, Turkish and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.

Common professions in Gladstone Park are professionals, clerical and admin workers, technicians, tradies, sales workers, personal service workers and community workers. 

Median weekly individual income was at $532 and median weekly income for household showed $1256.

Weekly rent showed a median of $330 and median mortgage monthly repayments were $1700.

Recent stats displayed that 16.9% are established couples and families, 26.3% of people are older couples and families and 10.1% are maturing couples and families.

Schools

There are a few of schools in Gladstone Park such as;

Transport 

The closest train station is Broadmeadows station which runs on the Craigieburn Line. Tram (route 59) is the closest tram line in Airport West. There are also bus services available that link Gladstone Park to Airport West and Broadmeadows station. The buses make stops at schools and the shopping centre. 

Health

There are some medical clinics situated in Gladstone Park where you can visit your local GP. Here is a list of centres in Gladstone Park:

There are also dental clinics available in Gladstone Park such as Gladstone Park Dental CarePlus Dental and Nouveau Dental Clinic.

Real Estate 

If you are looking to buy a house or just want general information of the median of buying a house in Gladstone Park, following are the 2018 figures:

Median Rent would be $400 per week. The market in Gladstone Park is considered to be a high demand market.

Shopping

Gladstone Park Shopping Centre is located in Gladstone Park Drive. There are 50+ stores including stores like Priceline Pharmacy, Australia Post, Sahara Spice, Terry White Pharmacy, Bakers Delight, Commonwealth Bank, Supa IGA Supermarket, ANZ, BWS, SupaDeal Furniture, Woolworths, etc. 

There are also many salons, dollar shops and real estate stores within this centre.

Parks and Reserves

There are nice parks within Gladstone Park and surrounding suburbs which include Gladstone Park Reserve and Jacana Wetlands.

Restaurants

Gladstone Park has many nice restaurants where you can enjoy with friends and family. If you are craving Italian food you can visit restaurants such as Armanii's Cafe Cucina and  DiCaprio Family Restaurant. For Malaysian food you can head to Malaysian Home Cuisine.

There are also Fish n Chips shops like Gladstone Park Fish & Chips and Gladstone Views Fish & Chips.

What Local Residents Say

According to local residents: