Aintree, Victoria
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Houses in the Woodlea subdivision, October 2018 | |||||||||||||
Aintree Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 37°43′05″S 144°40′05″E / 37.71806°S 144.66806°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 2017 | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 7,982 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3336 | ||||||||||||
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Aintree is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 km (17 mi) west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton local government area, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country. Aintree recorded a population of 7,982 at the 2021 census.
The suburb was gazetted by the Office of Geographic Names on 9 February 2017, following a proposal for eleven new suburbs by the City of Melton; the new name officially came into effect in mid-2017. The majority of the suburb is being developed by Woodlea Estate.
Prior to the suburb's creation, the area was previously part of Rockbank.