| Glen Iris Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°51′22″S 145°03′32″E / 37.856°S 145.059°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 26,131 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3146 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 30 m (98 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.1 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
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Glen Iris is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Boroondara and Stonnington local government areas. Glen Iris recorded a population of 26,131 at the 2021 census.[2]
Glen Iris had been Melbourne's geographical centre of population from the 1990s to the 2020s,[3][4] with urban sprawl seeing Melbourne's centre of population shifting to Camberwell in the 2020s.[5]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Glen Iris (Vic.) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Glen Iris (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Glen Iris still at the heart of city's urban sprawl". The Age. Melbourne. 5 August 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ "Life is sweet in the new population centre of Victoria". The Age. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Sirianos, Athos. "Indian restaurant Tandoori Den Camberwell named as centre of Melbourne". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
