Brunswick West, Victoria
Brunswick West is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moreland. At the 2016 Census, Brunswick West had a population of 14,159. Brunswick West adjoins Parkville to the south, Moonee Ponds at the Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Pascoe Vale South and Coburg along Moreland Road to the north, and Brunswick along Grantham, Pearson and Shamrock Streets to the east. Parts of the suburb also borders the Tullamarine Freeway. Brunswick West is primarily a residential suburb with some light  industry. History. Brunswick West Post Office opened on 10 March 1913. There is a Moonee Vale Licensed Post Office at 164 Melville Road Brunswick West. Demographics. In Brunswick West 59.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.3%, India 3.2%, Greece 3.0%, England 2.2% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%. 59.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 6.9%, Greek 6.2%, Arabic 3.0%, Mandarin 2.2% and Spanish 1.1%. Commerce. Grantham Street and Melville Road are the two main commercial activity centres in Brunswick West, comprising  small-scale traditional shopping strips, with a small shopping centre (Union Square) in Grantham Street. Transport. Tram route 58 provides the main north–south link through the suburb and to the city, with a route that runs along Grantham Street, Dawson Street and Melville Road. There are several bus routes on the main east–west streets: For cyclists, many streets have cycle lanes and the suburb also adjoins the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail to the west, and the Capital City Trail to the south. Educational facilities. Brunswick West has two government primary schools, Brunswick South-West Primary School and Brunswick  North-West Primary School, and a Catholic school, St. Josephs. Open space. The largest area of public open space is formed by the reservations along the Moonee Ponds Creek, which run adjacent to the Tullamarine Freeway. Dunstan Reserve, in the suburb's north, has two ovals, and there are several smaller reserves distributed evenly through the residential area.