Population 2,768 (2011 census) LGA(s) City of Kingston Area 7 km² Federal division Division of Hotham | Postcode(s) 3202 State electorate(s) Clarinda Postal code 3202 | |
Location 20 km (12 mi) from Melbourne | ||
Heatherton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Kingston. At the 2011 Census, Heatherton had a population of 2,768.
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Map of Heatherton VIC 3202, Australia
The suburb has a low population for a metropolitan suburb. It is predominantly open space: market garden, golf courses (the Kingston Heath Golf Club and the Capital Golf Club) and a large park Karkarook Park).
History
As part of the Melbourne Sandbelt, the area has been subject to significant sand mining in the past, though many extraction sites have now passed to other uses. Heatherton Post Office opened on 6 May 1885, but closed in 1973.
Today
The Kingston Centre, a major regional Aged Care and Rehabilitation facility, is located on Warrigal Road. The site was originally the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum (where construction began in 1909). A 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tramway was constructed from the railway at Cheltenham to the building site. A large proportion of the grounds of the Kingston Centre were sold in the 1990s to the developer Mirvac, who built the 500 homes of the Heath estate between 2000 and 2006.
Sport
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Southern Football League. The Heatherton Football Club ("The Tunners") was formed in 1913 and currently play at the Heatherton Recreation Reserve on Ross Street.
Golfers play at the course of the Kingston Heath Golf Club on Kingston Road or at the Capital Golf Club on Ross Street.