Chirnside Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 38 km east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Chirnside Park recorded a population of 11,779 at the .

Chirnside Park today

Nominally a suburb of Melbourne, Chirnside Park is also a satellite community of Lilydale. Thus the services that cannot be met in the nearby shopping complex are found elsewhere. The residential area was originally structured around a large 18-hole golf course, although that has now been closed and a new estate known as Cloverlea has been built on the site, with dwellings on the north-eastern corner now completed. Further residential development has occurred to the west and north. Some new medical facilities have arrived recently, Chirnside Park Family Clinic being one of them.

Most of the suburb still retains a rural flavour, extending well into the Yarra Valley to the north, with commercial wineries, orchards and livestock farming, as well as large residential estates. The Heritage Golf and Country Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus, is situated in the north-west corner of the suburb, on the Yarra River. The Chirnside Park Shopping Centre is within the suburb.

Schools

Private Schools

  • Oxley College (Chirnside Park).
  • Most Private Schools offer P-12 education.

Government Schools

  • Chirnside Park Primary School

Sport

The suburb has an Australian Rules football club as well as a Netball Club (established in the late 1990s), the Chirnside Park Panthers, competing in the Eastern Football League and Lilydale & Yarra Valley Netball Association.

Chirnside Park is also the home of the St Edmunds Basketball Club, one of Australia's largest basketball clubs, based out of the Oxley Stadium, competing in the Kilsyth & Mountain District Basketball Association.

The Chirnside Park Cricket club competes in the Ringwood District Cricket Association. Established in 1984, the 'Panthers' Chirnside Park CC is located 35 km east of Melbourne and is primarily affiliated with both the Ringwood District CA and the Women's Competition. Located at Kimberley Reserve, Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park Cricket Club has 8 senior teams (6 men's, 1 women's & 1 winter men's), multiple junior teams (3 x U10, 3 x U12, U12 girls, 3 x U14, U15 girls & U18), and a Woolworths Junior Blasters.

Demographics

At the , Chirnside Park had a population of 9,872 people.

The median age of the Chirnside Park residents was 39 years of age, one year over the Australian average. 75.4% of residents were born in Australia, compared to the Australian average of 66.7%. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.3%, Italy 1.7%, and New Zealand 1.3%.

When asked about religion, the most common response was "No Religion" (35.1%), followed by Catholic (23.3%), and Anglican (11.9%).

References

  • St Edmunds 'Saints' Basketball Club
  • Oxley College Co-Educational Christian School
  • Australian Places - Chirnside Park
  • Chirnside Park Primary School