Beaconsfield, Victoria

Beaconsfield Victoria
Princes Highway, Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield
Coordinates	38°02′56″S 145°22′16″E / 38.049°S 145.371°E / -38.049; 145.371Coordinates: 38°02′56″S 145°22′16″E / 38.049°S 145.371°E / -38.049; 145.371
Population	6,412 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	3807
Elevation	102 m (335 ft)
Location	46 km (29 mi) from Melbourne 7 km (4 mi) from Berwick
LGA(s)	Shire of Cardinia
State electorate(s)	Gembrook
Federal Division(s)	La Trobe
Suburbs around Beaconsfield: Harkaway Guys Hill Officer Berwick Beaconsfield Officer Berwick Clyde Officer South

Beaconsfield is a satellite suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 46 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2011 Census, Beaconsfield had a population of 6,412.

The suburb has its own railway station.

The area was named after Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield).

Beaconsfield Post Office opened on 7 October 1878 and the original weatherboard building still stands as the "Corner Post Café"; Beaconsfield Railway Station Post Office opened on 1 January 1883. In 1891 Beaconsfield was renamed Beaconsfield Upper and around 1902 Beaconsfield Railway Station was renamed Beaconsfield.

The suburb has a small shopping centre "Beaconsfield Shopping Plaza" with shops such as an Aldi and Woolworths, Bakery, Chemist, Cafés and Fish and Chips shop, and schools include Beaconsfield Primary, and St Francis Xavier College (Beaconsfield Campus).

The town has Australian Rules football club and a netball club that compete in the Casey Cardinia Football Netball League, which was where football stars Brendan Fevola, Chris Newman, Tim Barker and Austinn Jones formerly played.

There is also a cricket club and a tennis club.