Strathmore Heights was developed in 1960 by Strathmore Heights Proprietary Limited, a company promoted by Bruce Small, famed for his proprietorship of Malvern Star bicycles and sponsorship of world champion cycling athlete, Sir Hubert Opperman. From 1945, Bruce Small had also owned adjacent land at Gowanbrae, north of Strathmore Heights.
Being just north of Essendon Airport, which was the original Melbourne International Airport, many of the streets have aviation names such as:
Boeing Road
Lockheed Street
De Havilland Avenue
Fokker Street
Vickers Avenue
Caravelle Crescent
Douglas Court
Northrop Court
Public transport
Strathmore Heights, being remote from the rail system, is serviced solely by the following bus route:
The most common ancestries in Strathmore Heights were Australian 23.0%, English 22.4%, Irish 8.5%, Italian 8.3% and Scottish 7.0%.
In Strathmore Heights , 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.4%, England 1.7%, Greece 1.6%, Sri Lanka 1.6% and New Zealand 1.3%.
The most common responses for religion in Strathmore Heights were Catholic 36.7%, No Religion, so described 25.0%, Anglican 10.1%, Not stated 7.1% and Eastern Orthodox 6.8%. In Strathmore Heights, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (66.6%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).
In Strathmore Heights , 75.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.8%, Italian 3.3%, Arabic 1.8%, Sinhalese 1.7% and Turkish 1.4%.
See also
City of Essendon – Strathmore Heights was previously within this former local government area.
