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Campbellfield, Victoria

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70: 798: 668: 386: 436:, there were 5,056 people in Campbellfield. 42.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Iraq 11.5%, Lebanon 8.3%, Italy 5.7%, Turkey 3.6% and Greece 2.2%. 18.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 28.5%, Assyrian/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 13.4%, Italian 7.7%, Turkish 7.3% and Greek 4.6%. The most common responses for religion were Islam 35.1% and Catholic 35.0%. 54: 77: 586:
In August 2020, a toxic fire erupted at MRI e-cycle solutions, a large e-waste operator, causing loud explosions audible from kilometres away. The company stored and recycled electronic waste including up to 20 tonnes of batteries and 60 tonnes of e-waste coming from retailers, companies, schools and
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Campbellfield is a mixed residential and industrial/business suburb, with various industrial areas and business parks around the suburb. In 2011–2012, it was listed in the top four of Melbourne's most crime-ridden suburbs, and bottom five of Melbourne's most livable suburbs.
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Campbellfield was named after two unrelated families named Campbell brought farm lots in the area in the 1840s. The land at that time was lightly timbered, which made it easy for grazing, plus also due to its proximity to the
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local governments. These waste are known to be toxic to health and the environment when damaged or close to fires. While battling the blaze for a day, some contaminated water also spread out into
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in March to stop accepting material and manage all combustible and recyclable material according to their waste management policy. In November 2020, EPA suspended MRI's operation licence.
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has its source in National Boulevard Nature Reserve in Campbellfield just north of the Ford plant and next to the disused single track railway line.
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The first Broadmeadows Post Office was open briefly in 1854 in Campbellfield. It reopened on 1 June 1856 and closed in 1893, replaced by the
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The suburb has one public school (Campbellfield Heights Primary School). There are currently no private or secondary schools.
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models were last manufactured in Australia. The Ford factory closed in October 2016 with the loss of 650 jobs.
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in 1842, and replaced by the present blue stone structure in 1855. It was placed on the National Estate and
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Campbellfield has a strip of shops on Barry Road known as Fordgate, and a shopping plaza on Sydney Road.
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Campbellfield is home to Victoria's oldest church in east Broadmeadows. The Scots church was built on
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902 Chelsea Railway Station - Airport West Shopping Centre (SMARTBUS Service)
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A brown brick house typical of those built in the 1960s in Campbellfield.
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Somerset Estate – Broadmeadows station via Camp Road. Operated by
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office. This, in turn, was renamed Campbellfield around 1903.
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via Upfield station. Operated by Broadmeadows Bus Service.
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via Somerset Estate. Operated by Broadmeadows Bus Service.
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Campbellfield
Melbourne
Victoria

Campbellfield is located in Melbourne
Coordinates
37°40′23″S 144°57′25″E / 37.673°S 144.957°E / -37.673; 144.957
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Melbourne
LGA(s)
City of Hume
State electorate(s)
Broadmeadows
Federal division(s)
Calwell
Suburbs
Roxburgh Park
Somerton
Epping
Coolaroo
Dallas
Lalor
Thomastown
Broadmeadows
Fawkner
Reservoir
Melbourne
Victoria
Australia

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