Broadmeadows
Broadmeadows | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aerial view of Broadmeadows (2017) | |||||||||||||
Broadmeadows Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Broadmeadows | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 37°41′06″S 144°55′30″E / 37.685°S 144.925°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA | |||||||||||||
| Location |
| ||||||||||||
| Established | 1850s | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • State electorate | |||||||||||||
| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 12,524 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,491/km2 (3,862/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3047 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District and the council seat of the City of Hume local government area. Broadmeadows recorded a population of 12,524 at the 2021 census. It is colloquially known as "Broady".
Broadmeadows is a sub-regional centre within the northern suburbs of Melbourne, and is often used as a reference for the suburbs around it, although this may be due to its former status as a municipality.