Fitzroy North, Victoria
Fitzroy North is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km (2.5 mi) north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Merri-bek and Yarra local government areas. Fitzroy North recorded a population of 12,781 at the 2021 census.
| Fitzroy North Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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View of Nicholson Street facing the Central Business District | |||||||||||||||
Fitzroy North Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37.784°S 144.986°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 12,781 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3068 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 4 km (2 mi) NE of Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
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Also referred to as North Fitzroy in reference to its southern neighbour, Fitzroy North has a distinct character, noted for its prevalence of wide streets, intact Victorian and Edwardian era terraced housing and for the Edinburgh Gardens, a large inner-city park formerly home to the Fitzroy Football Club. Fitzroy North is adjacent to, and shares a postcode and neighbourhood character with Clifton Hill, both being government subdivisions set on elevated ground and to the same layout by Clement Hodgkinson in the 1870s, and distinct from the earlier narrow and more crowded private subdivisions in the lower lying areas of Fitzroy and Collingwood to the south.