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{{Infobox Australian place 
| type      = suburb
| name      = Craigieburn
| city      = Melbourne
| state     = vic
| image     = Entrance_to_residential_estate,_Craigieburn.jpg
| caption   = Houses in Craigieburn
| lga       = City of Hume
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.594|S|144.934|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode  = 3064
| pop       = 50,347 
| pop_year  = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC20657 | name = Craigieburn (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2017-07-02 | quick = on}}</ref>
| elevation = 203
| area      = 11.3
| est       =
| stategov  = [[Electoral district of Yuroke|Yuroke]]
| fedgov    = [[Division of Calwell|Calwell]]
| dist1     = 25
| location1 = [[Melbourne]]
| dist2     =
| location2 =
| near-nw   = [[Mickleham, Victoria|Mickleham]]
| near-n    = [[Donnybrook, Victoria|Donnybrook]]
| near-ne   = [[Wollert, Victoria|Wollert]]
| near-w    = [[Yuroke, Victoria|Yuroke]]
| near-e    = [[Broadmeadows, Victoria|Broadmeadows]]
| near-sw   = [[Greenvale, Victoria|Greenvale]]
| near-s    = [[Roxburgh Park, Victoria|Roxburgh Park]]
| near-se   = [[Somerton, Victoria|Somerton]]
}}
[[File:Craigieburn 1 aerial.jpg|thumb|Craigieburn aerial view]]
'''Craigieburn''' is a satellite suburb, located on the edge of [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 25&nbsp;km north of Melbourne's [[Melbourne city centre|central business district]]. Its [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]] is the [[City of Hume]]. At the [[Census in Australia#2016|2016 Census]], Craigieburn had a population of 50,347.

The suburb of Craigieburn ranges from halfway down Bridgewater Road to Mount Ridley. Most of Craigieburn is more than 200 metres above sea level, with Mount Ridley being the northernmost hill in northwestern metropolitan Melbourne, giving it clear views of Melbourne's central business district 29.7&nbsp;km away.

==History==
Craigieburn's first people were the Wurundjeri people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples|url=https://www.hume.vic.gov.au/Residents/People-Services/Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Peoples|access-date=2021-04-10|website=www.hume.vic.gov.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>

Craigieburn takes its name from an old bluestone inn (its site located directly opposite modern day Kingswood Drive) that catered for travellers along the Old Sydney Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chig.asn.au/old_hotel.htm|title=Old Hotel|website=www.chig.asn.au}}</ref>

In 1865 Craigieburn was a hamlet with a few small farmers. Its land was considered to be unsuitable for agriculture Craigieburn Post Office opened on 26 February 1866.<ref name="a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Craigieburn* | access-date = 30 January 2021}}</ref>. In 1872 the railway from Melbourne to Seymour was opened, crossing the Hume Highway at Craigieburn. Six years later a station or stopping place was provided at Craigieburn. The hamlet, however, remained of minor importance, although having a post office (1866) and a recreation hall by 1912. There were tennis and football clubs, and the Merri Creek was noted for fishing and scenery.

During the postwar years Craigieburn was a railway level crossing on the Hume Highway, with an unexpected brick building facade erected in the 1920s, intended for a harvester factory but never finished. The crossing was replaced by an overpass in 1961. A primary school was opened in 1955, taking over from the Somerton school.

In 1972 the Hothlyn Corporation promoted a residential subdivision sufficient to house 20,000 people, and at about that time a population increase began. The Reserve Bank's Note Printing Branch opened in Craigieburn in 1981, employing about 500 people. The township then also had a Catholic school, kindergarten, community health centre, several reserves and a public golf course.

Between 1981 and 1991 Craigieburn's population more than doubled to over 10,000 persons. It had three State primary schools, a secondary college (1984) and a Catholic primary school. The Plaza Shopping Centre (1975) has a supermarket and 33 shops. It is located on the east side of Craigieburn, near the railway station. A new town centre, situated on the west side, was constructed in 2012. Nearby is Wilmott State primary school (1995).

A short way west of the town centre there is the Hume global learning centre (library, etc) which opened in 2012.

North of the town centre, Craigieburn rises to Mount Ridley (elevation 289 metres) which has a clear view over Craigieburn to the Melbourne city skyline. This part of Craigieburn has the Mount Ridley State P-12 college (2009), a Catholic primary school and the Highlands shopping centre (2011). There is a large linear park along Malcolm Creek, a tributary of the Merri Creek.

Craigieburn has a public golf course, linear reserves along the Aitken and Malcolm Creeks and several smaller neighbourhood reserves. New infrastructure included a train maintenance facility (2012) and a state of the art training centre for Victoria's emergency services (2014).

Craigieburn's census populations have been:

==Population==
In the 2016 Census, there were 50,347 people in Craigieburn<ref name="abs"/>

===Country of birth===
According to ABS Census 2006 data, 71.9% of those in Craigieburn were born in Australia; 1.9% were born in England; 1.9%, in [[Sri Lanka]]; 1.8%, in [[Italy]]; 1.5%, in [[New Zealand]]; 1.2%, in [[Iraq]]; and 3.9%, in [[India]]. In the ABS Census of 2011 the percentage of residents born in Australia had dropped to 61.4% and the other top responses were Iraq; 5.1%, India; 3.7%, Turkey; 3.4%, Italy; 2.4% and Sri Lanka; 2.3% ; Pakistan.

In the 2016 Census, 53.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 11.3%, Iraq 5.4%, Sri Lanka 2.9%, New Zealand 2.8% and Philippines 1.9%.<ref name="abs"/>

===Notable Residents===
* Joe Korp, Murderer [[Death of Maria Korp]]

===Language===
44.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 7.8%, Arabic 4.6%, Turkish 4.6%, Sinhalese 3.4% and Hindi 3.3%.<ref name="abs"/>

===Religion===
The most common responses for religion in Craigieburn (State Suburbs) were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 15.5%, Islam 11.9%, Not Stated 7.7% and Sikhism 7.2%.<ref name="abs"/>

==Facilities==
===Sport and recreation===
[[Australian rules football]] is popular in Craigieburn. A local team, the [[Craigieburn Football Club]] plays in the [[Essendon District Football League]].<ref name = "footy">{{Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Craigieburn | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/craigieburn.htm | access-date = 2009-04-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081227070139/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/craigieburn.htm | archive-date = 27 December 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and is based at D.S. Aitken Reserve. [[Australian Football League|AFL]] club [[Richmond Football Club]] as its second training base facility at Highgate Reserve on Grand Boulevard. The ''Tigers'' held a community camp in 2009 in the suburb. Richmond's VFL affiliate the [[Coburg Tigers]] played three home games there in 2010.  The [[Calder Cannons]], who compete in the Victorian statewide Under-18 competition are also based there.

A soccer club, Craigieburn City FC, have their home ground at Vic Foster reserve with teams from juniors to reserves. The senior men's team currently compete in the FFV State league 3 North West division.

A [[rugby league]] club, formed in 2008 as the Craigieburn Phoenix, but now known as the [[Hume City Bulldogs]] are based at Hothlyn Drive Reserve and play in the [[Victorian Rugby League]] competition.

Golfers play at the Craigieburn Golf Club on the Craigieburn Public Golf Course,<ref name = "golf">{{Citation  | author= Golf Select | title = Craigieburn | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=652 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref> or at the Willmott Park Golf Club on Craigieburn Road West.<ref name = "golf2">{{Citation  | author= Golf Select | title = Willmott Park | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=701 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>

The Craigieburn Sports Stadium is one of the major community based recreation facilities, fully owned and operated by the Hume City Council. The leisure centre is also the home of the Craigieburn Eagles Basketball Team. 

State Swim operate a swimming centre at 87 Grand Boulevard, focusing on teaching children (from 6 months of age to teenagers) to swim.

Six tennis courts and a Community hall are located on the western side of D.S. Aitken Reserve, on Selwyn Avenue.

The Craigieburn Bowling Club is located at 245 Craigieburn Road West.

A skate bowl is located at the south eastern corner of D.S. Aitken Reserve.

A BMX Track is located behind the Craigieburn Sports Stadium with available parking near the childcare centre.

Craigieburn has at least 15 kilometres of hike and bike trails.

The Craigieburn Sporting Club is located at the Craigieburn Public Golf Course on Craigieburn Road.

Public barbecues and a children's playground are located in the Craigieburn Gardens, located behind the Craigieburn Sports Stadium and Community Centre.

===Commerce and Industry===
[[File:Eastern_side_of_Craigieburn_Central_Shopping_Centre.jpg|thumb|Eastern side of Craigieburn Central]]
Craigieburn Central, located on the corner of Aitken Boulevard and Craigieburn Road, serves as the area's major retail precinct and first opened for trade in October 2013. Tenants in this centre include [[Big W]] and [[Kmart Australia|Kmart]] discount department stores, [[Woolworths (supermarkets)|Woolworths]] and [[Coles Supermarkets|Coles supermarkets]], United Cinemas and approximately 160 specialty stores. [[Target Australia|Target]] closed its store in the centre in early 2021 and transitioned into the new Kmart store.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 January 2021|title=Target to be converted to Kmart|url=https://northern.starweekly.com.au/news/target-to-be-converted-to-kmart/}}</ref>

Stockland completed the construction of the Highlands Shopping Centre on the corner of Aitken and Grand Boulevards (Highlands Estate) in November 2011. This shopping precinct includes a Woolworths Supermarket, Jetts Fitness, Cafe, Pharmacy, Butchery, Subway and other specialty shops.

Craigieburn Plaza Shopping Centre is located on the corner of Hanson Road and Craigieburn Road. It includes a [[Woolworths (supermarket)|Woolworths]], dentist, tax agent, Halal butcher and several other specialty shops. Located further north in the newer estate on Mareeba Way is a small shopping centre containing a pharmacy, doctors surgery, cafe, bakery, general store and other fast food outlets.

A [[Bunnings Warehouse]] is located on the corner of Sydney and Amaroo Roads (opened 21 December 2010).

An industrial estate is currently being developed on the eastern side of the Hume Highway, and a rail yarding, maintenance and cleaning facility is now completed between the highway and the rail line north of Craigieburn rail station. The Australian Reserve Bank Note Printing Works is also located in Craigieburn.

MAB has planned a new city called Merrifield 5&nbsp;km north of Craigieburn, a master planned [[mixed-use development]], consisting of residential, commercial and business precincts.

===Community===
A 24-hour Police Station and a Fire Station are located opposite D.S. Aitken Reserve.

The Craigieburn Youth Centre is located adjacent to the Craigieburn Leisure Centre.

Craigieburn Health Service, a public health service provider run by Northern Health, is on Craigieburn Road, immediately west of [[McDonald's]]. (Route 529)

There is also a new medical centre opened on Grand Boulevard - known as Highlands Medical Centre located at the Highlands shopping centre on Grand Boulevard<ref>[http://highlandsmedicalcentre.com.au/ Highlands Medical Centre] MedicalSelect</ref>

===Hume Global Learning Centre===
On 7 May 2012, the new Hume Global Learning Centre was opened. The two-storey centre is home to the Craigieburn Library, a café, gallery, occasional childcare facilities and Council's Craigieburn Customer Service Centre on the ground level, and a conference and training centre on level one.<ref name="learningcentre">{{Citation | author = Hume Council | title = Hume Global Learning Centre - Craigieburn now open | url = http://www.humelibraries.vic.gov.au/Whats_On/Latest_News/Hume_Global_Learning_Centre_-_Craigieburn_now_open | access-date = 2012-05-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120531160837/http://www.humelibraries.vic.gov.au/Whats_On/Latest_News/Hume_Global_Learning_Centre_-_Craigieburn_now_open | archive-date = 31 May 2012}}</ref>

The old Craigieburn Library and Council's Customer Service Centre at Craigieburn Road are now relocated to the new building. In August 2014, the new Craigieburn Library won the best new public library of the year. The prize, which was established by the Danish Agency for Culture and sponsored by the Danish architecture firm schmidt hammer lassen architects, was awarded at the annual meeting of the IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) in Lyon, France.

The award is a part of the Model Programme for Public Libraries project of the Danish Agency for Culture and Realdania, which has motivated municipalities to develop the library of the future, so that it is prepared to incorporate, among other things, digital developments and local culture and accommodate diverse population groups with an open and functional architectural expression in balance with its surroundings.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Larsen|first1=Jonna Holmgaard|title=The best new public library of the year is Australian|url=http://www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/english/news/the-best-new-public-library-of-the-year-is-australian/|access-date=24 September 2014|agency=Kultur Strelsen|date=17 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140924135948/http://www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/english/news/the-best-new-public-library-of-the-year-is-australian/|archive-date=24 September 2014}}</ref>

==Residential areas==
Highlands Craigieburn, a residential development by Stockland, is the largest development in Craigieburn. Other major residential estate have been developed in Craigieburn by Delfin, Peet Limited (Aston) Evolve Development (Annadale) and Villawood (Trilium).

==Education==
* Craigieburn Primary School
* Craigieburn South Primary School
* Aitken Creek Primary School
* Willmott Park Primary School
* Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
* Mother Teresa Catholic Primary School
* Craigieburn Secondary College
* Newbury Primary School
* Aitken Hill Primary School
* Elevation Secondary College
* Oscar Romero Catholic Primary School

==Transport==
[[File:Craigieburn train station facade.jpg|thumb|Craigieburn train station]]
Electrified railway services to [[Craigieburn railway station|Craigieburn Station]] was opened on 30 September 2007. Craigieburn was previously serviced by five-car diesel locomotives and [[V/Line Sprinter|Sprinter railcars]] on the [[North East railway line|Seymour / Albury line]]. The previous terminus was [[Broadmeadows railway station, Melbourne|Broadmeadows Station]]. Some secret plans of the metro tunnel from Melbourne to Craigieburn were accidentally released.<ref>[https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/10/16/17/00/victoria-melbourne-secret-rail-plans-daniel-andrews Metro Tunnel Two: Secret rail blueprint for Melbourne revealed] ''9News'' Retrieved 16 October 2018</ref>

For cyclists, Craigieburn is at the start of the [[Craigieburn Bypass Trail|Galada Tamboore Cycle Path]] which follows the Hume Freeway 14.7 km south to meet the [[Western Ring Road Trail]] at [[Thomastown, Victoria|Thomastown]].

==See also==
*[[Shire of Bulla]] - the former local government area of which Craigieburn was a part

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hume.vic.gov.au/ City of Hume]

{{City of Hume suburbs}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]
[[Category:Hume Highway]]