Glenroy

suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Place suburb Q3108837
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Glenroy

Summary

Glenroy is a suburb[1]. Glenroy ranks in the top 3% of suburb entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Glenroy is located in Victoria[3].
  • Glenroy is located in City of Merri-bek[4].
  • Glenroy is in the country of Australia[5].
  • Glenroy's image is recorded as GlenroyStation.JPG[6].
  • Glenroy's instance of is recorded as suburb[7].
  • Glenroy's instance of is recorded as gazetted locality of Victoria[8].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Strathmore Heights[9].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Gowanbrae[10].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Jacana[11].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Broadmeadows[12].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Fawkner[13].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Hadfield[14].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Pascoe Vale[15].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Oak Park[16].
  • Glenroy's shares border with is recorded as Gladstone Park[17].
  • Glen Roy is named after Glenroy[18].
  • Glenroy's postal code is recorded as 3046[19].
  • Glenroy's Commons category is recorded as Glenroy, Victoria[20].
  • Glenroy's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2397620[21].
  • Glenroy's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -37.706, 'lon': 144.924}[22].
  • Glenroy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wp3t[23].
  • Glenroy's described at URL is recorded as https://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-city/local-history/history-glenroy/[24].
  • Glenroy's population is recorded as {'amount': '+22245'}[25].
  • Glenroy's population is recorded as {'amount': '+23792'}[26].
  • Glenroy's female population is recorded as {'amount': '+11108'}[27].

Body

Geography

Glenroy is in the country of Australia[5]. Located in include Victoria[3], a state of Australia[28], in Australia[29], founded in 1851[30] and City of Merri-bek[4], a local government area of Victoria[31], in Australia[32], founded in 1994[33].

Physical Characteristics

Glenroy's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+102'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+22245'}[25] and {'amount': '+23792'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include suburb[7] and gazetted locality of Victoria[8].

History and Context

Glen Roy is named after Glenroy[18].

Why It Matters

Glenroy ranks in the top 3% of suburb entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month).[2] Glenroy is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . moreland.vic.gov.au. Retrieved . moreland.vic.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Shares border with Strathmore Heights, Gowanbrae, Jacana +6
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