Glenroy - Melbourne Suburbs

Glenroy

Intro 

Glenroy is a suburb of Melbourne and is located about 13 km north of Melbourne’s CBD. The City of Moreland is Glenroy’s local municipality. Post code is 3046.

Glenroy is a diverse suburb which has good access to public transport. There are nice restaurants, parks and schools around. You can find shopping centres in the nearby suburbs.

Demographics

According to the 2016 census, the population of Glenroy was at 22,245. 49.9% make thefemale population and 50.1% of male population. 0.5% of the population is comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Median age of people in Glenroy is 34. 

Common ancestries include 13.0% Australian, 12.3% English, 9.7% Italian, 5.9% Indian and 5.6% Lebanese. 

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

The top languages spoken were English, Arabic, Italian, Urdu, Turkish and Nepali. 

Common professions in Glenroy are professionals, labourers, clerical and admin workers, technicians, tradies, personal service workers and community workers. 

Median weekly individual income was at $539 and median weekly income for household showed $1,253.

Weekly rent showed a median of $326 and median mortgage monthly repayments were $1733.

Recent stats displayed that 17.4% are established couples and families, 12.7% of people are older couples and families and 15.6% independent youth.

Schools

There are kindergartens, primary schools and colleges in Glenroy. These are listed below:

There is also an Islamic School called Glenroy Private Islamic School.

Transport 

The city is just 13 km away from this suburb and there is good access to the freeways such as Citylink and Ring Road.

In terms of public transport, Glenroy is serviced by Glenroy train station and runs on the Craigieburn railway line. It takes less than 30 minutes to get to the city via train. There are also bus services available. Cyclists can use The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and Western Ring Road Trail for commute.

Health

There are some medical centres available in Glenroy such as Doctors of Glenroy, Glenroy Road Clinic and Glenroy Specialist Centre.

There are also dental clinics in Glenroy such as The Glenroy Dental Group, Glenroy Dental Care and Hadfield Dental Group.

Real Estate 

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

Median Rent would be $375 per week. The market in Glenroy is considered to be a high demand market.

Shopping

Coles is available on Glenroy Road.

Glenroy also has some speciality food shops like Glenroy Quality Meats Butchers, Spice Mahal, Glenroy Asian Food Centre, etc. 

There is no shopping mall within this suburb, however, malls you can find close by are Gladstone Park Shopping Centre and Broadmeadows Shopping Centre which are only 5-10 minutes away from Glenroy.

Restaurants

Glenroy has a number of restaurants serving a variety of cuisines which include Pakistani, Chinese, Indian, Italian, etc. Some names of delicious restaurants are listed below:

What Local Residents Say

According to local residents: