Lalor, Victoria
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Darebin Drive in Lalor | |||||||||||||
Lalor Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 37°40′01″S 145°01′12″E / 37.667°S 145.020°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 14 February 1947 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 95 m (312 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 23,219 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3075 | ||||||||||||
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Lalor (/ˈlɔːlər/) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km (11 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Lalor recorded a population of 23,219 at the 2021 census.
Lalor was named in honour of Peter Lalor, a leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion and later a member of the Victorian parliament. The suburb was named after the Peter Lalor Home Building Co-operative Society. In recent times, the mispronunciations /ˈleɪlɔːr, -lər/ has become predominant, whilst the Federal electorate of Lalor is still predominantly pronounced /ˈlɔːlər/.
The eastern and western borders of Lalor are defined by Darebin Creek and Merri Creek respectively.