Fawkner, Victoria

Fawkner is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government areas are the City of Moreland and the City of Hume. At the 2011 Census, Fawkner had a population of 12,596.

The major portion within the City of Moreland is bounded by Merri Creek on the east, Sydney Road on the west, the Western Ring Road on the north and Boundary Road on the south separating the suburb from Coburg North. The smaller portion within the City of Hume extends north to Camp Road and Mahoneys Road.

Population

According to Moreland Council suburb profile, Fawkner has a larger percentage of population aged over 70 years (17.7%) and aged from 5 to 11 years (8.9%), than the average for the mucicipality (11.8% and 7.0% respectively).

The suburb also has a lower proportion - 47.4% - of people born in Australia, as against the municipal average of 60.1%.

Since the population boom after the second world War, Fawkner has attracted immigrants from a range of cultures. For many years the suburb contained a substantial Italian immigrant population. Currently 13.1% of residents were born in Italy. Other large immigrant communities include Pakistan (4.4%) and Iraq (2.5%).

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