| Lilydale Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Main Street (Maroondah Highway), Lilydale before train station redevelopment | |||||||||||||||
  Lilydale | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°45′29″S 145°21′00″E / 37.758°S 145.350°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 17,348 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 594.1/km2 (1,538.7/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3140 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29.2 km2 (11.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 34 km (21 mi) from Melbourne CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||||
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| Federal division(s) | Casey | ||||||||||||||
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Lilydale is an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 34 km east-north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Lilydale recorded a population of 17,348 at the 2021 census.[1]
Situated in the Yarra Valley, it began as a town within the former Shire of Lillydale and is also notable as the burial site of Dame Nellie Melba (Lilydale Cemetery).
It is both a residential area of metropolitan Melbourne and an industrial area on the city's rural-urban fringe.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lilydale (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
