Fairfield is a suburb in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia, 6 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district

Melbourne city centre

Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...

. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Darebin

City of Darebin

The City of Darebin is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of , and as of 2009, has a population of 139,608...

 and Yarra

City of Yarra

The City of Yarra is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the inner eastern and northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 19.5 square kilometres, and at the 2006 census it had a population of 69,330...

. At the 2006 Census, Fairfield had a population of 4,919.

Yarra Bend is a locality in Fairfield.

Transport

Fairfield is serviced by Fairfield railway station

Fairfield railway station, Melbourne

Fairfield is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Fairfield, on the Hurstbridge railway line. Fairfield is classed as a Host Station and is in Metcard Zone 1.-Facilities:...

, which is on the Hurstbridge line.
The Melbourne 246, 250, 508, 510, 546, 567, and 609 bus routes operate around the area.

Commerce and culture

Fairfield is predominantly residential, with a small north-eastern pocket remaining a light industrial area. It also features a three-storey hotel, the Grandview Hotel, completed in 1888. License was granted by the Licensing Court on 15 Aug 1888.

HM Prison Fairlea

HM Prison Fairlea

HM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Road in the suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. The first all-female prison in Victoria, it was built on the site of the Yarra Bend Asylum, with remnants of the walls and gates being used in the layout of the prison. In...

, a female prison, was located on Yarra Bend Road from 1956 until it closed in 1996.

Because it is situated on what many regard as the fringes of Melbourne's popular and much-revived 'inner city', gentrification has been strong, and property prices are high. To the south is the Yarra River

Yarra River

The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches...

 and surrounding parkland, and the popular Fairfield Boathouse.

Commercial activity is focused on the shopping strip on Station Street and Wingrove Street, opposite Fairfield railway station. Fairfield's commercial outlets have prospered in recent years, with a recent influx of cafes, bars and specialist shops to Station Street.

Adjacent to the railway station, facing north-east, is the Fairfield Industrial Dog Object

Fairfield Industrial Dog Object

Fairfield Industrial Dog Object is a huge hardwood canine in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. It was part of the Darebin City Council's Public Art Program, and is located beside the Fairfield railway station....

, a 6m tall wooden dog.

Educational facilities

• Fairfield Primary School
• St Anthony's Primary School
• Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
  Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE
  Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE is a TAFE institute located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has six city campuses located at Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, a country campus at Ararat, and country training facilities at Eden...
  
   (NMIT) has a campus on the site of the former Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital
  Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital
  Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, originally known as Queens Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital, operated from 1904 to its closure in 1996. Perched high on the banks of the Yarra River at Yarra Bend in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fairfield, it developed an international reputation for...
  
   specialising in Visual arts, music, horticulture, and jewellery manufacture.

Sporting Clubs

Fairfield Cricket Club (http://fcc.cricketvictoria.com.au/)

Soccer teams Fitzroy City and Yarra Jets play home matches at Fairfield Park.

Golfers play at the course of the Yarra Bend Golf Club on Yarra Bend Road.

See also

• City of Northcote
  City of Northcote
  The City of Northcote was a Local Government Area located about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1883 until 1994.-History:...
  
  - the former local government area of which Fairfield was a part.

External links

• Australian Places - Fairfield