Roxburgh Park, Victoria


Roxburgh Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hume. At the 2016 Census, Roxburgh Park had a population of 21,817.
Roxburgh Park was Described in the 1990s as the "Toorak of Craigieburn". It's bound by Craigieburn to the north, to the west by the road skirting the Greenvale Reservoir, to the east by the Craigieburn railway line and to the south by Somerton Road.

History

Much of what is now the suburb of Roxburgh Park was formerly agricultural land. In January 1951 the Moonee Valley Racing Club bought the "Roxburgh Park" property for £35,000, as a speculative investment, although the purchase did give the club an option if it ever had to leave its somewhat cramped location in Moonee Ponds.
Roxburgh Park was developed in the 1990s as a suburban area by the Victorian Government's Urban and Regional Land Corporation .
Recognition of Roxburgh Park was promoted in widely screened TV commercials throughout the mid-1990s, presenting Roxburgh Park's avowed virtues as a planned community with a balance of residential and industrial land, along with public reserves, community services and access to transport. The slogan for the campaign was "Roxburgh Park – where dreams come true..."
Developments over recent years include child care centres, a retirement village and an Islamic centre. The Roxburgh Park railway station opened on 30 September 2007. The commercial hub of the suburb is on Somerton Road.
The Broadmeadows Valley Trail makes its way through the suburb, in a north–south direction.

Demographics

The most common ancestries of residents in Roxburgh Park is Turkish 13.4%, Australian 10.7%, English 8.6%, Iraqi 6.3% and Italian 6.1%.

Education

Two large shopping centres are located within the suburb. On Somerton Road is the Roxburgh Park Shopping Centre which features 70 specialist stores and on Pascoe Vale Road near the Roxburgh Park Hotel is the Roxburgh Plaza and Homemaker Centre. The smaller Roxburgh Homestead Shopping Centre lies close to the Roxburgh Homestead Primary School.

Sport

, an Australian Rules football team, competes in the Essendon District Football League.