Gowanbrae
Gowanbrae | |||||||||||||
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Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, Gowanbrae | |||||||||||||
Gowanbrae Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Gowanbrae | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 37°42′07″S 144°53′56″E / 37.702°S 144.899°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1990s | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4,000 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3043 | ||||||||||||
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Gowanbrae is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km (8.1 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Gowanbrae recorded a population of 2,971 at the 2021 census.
Gowanbrae is bounded by the Western Ring Road in the north and west, the Tullamarine Freeway in the west, the Albion-Jacana railway line in the south and Moonee Ponds Creek in the east. It is the City of Merri-bek's newest suburb, with residential development started in the 1990s and continuing.