Braybrook, Victoria
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Braybrook Melbourne, Victoria |
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Hughes Street
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 Braybrook
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| Coordinates | 37°47′10″S 144°51′22″E / 37.786°S 144.856°ECoordinates: 37°47′10″S 144°51′22″E / 37.786°S 144.856°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 8,180 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,902/km2 (4,930/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3019 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 11 km (7 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Footscray | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
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Braybrook is a suburb 9 km west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong. At the 2011 Census, Braybrook had a population of 8,180.
Braybrook is bounded in the west by Duke Street, in the north by the Maribyrnong River, in the east by Ashley Street, and in the south by the Sunbury railway line and Sunshine Road.
Braybrook Post Office opened on 1 December 1860.
Braybrook is primarily an industrial suburb.
Approximately midway between the former Councils of Footscray and Sunshine in the heart of the western suburbs before the more recent urban sprawl and due west from the Melbourne CBD along Ballarat Road, Braybrook is starting to resemble a bedroom community due to a recent expansion of the western suburbs of Melbourne which are far less populated than the east. Historically this is due to stigma, but the western suburbs are expanding now due to prime location and rising fuel prices. Some gentrification has occurred in the past decade with many former factory sites developed for modern housing projects (townhouses etc.). More and more first home buyers and developers are focusing on Braybrook and neighbouring Maidstone and West Footscray, but traces of its industrial past may be still evident.
Braybrook has been ranked 95 out of top 314 most liveable suburbs in Melbourne in "2011 Liveability Stakes" by The Age and The Melbourne Magazine.
The suburb has produced a number of famous sporting and show business personalities. The late 1960s pop singer Yvonne Barrett resided with her family in Dodds Street. Yvonne Barrett was murdered in 1985 with her funeral service held at Braybrook's Christ The King Catholic church in Churchill Avenue. 1970's Pop sensation Jamie Redfern also lived in the area. Ray "Screamy" Eames the drummer from popular Melbourne pub-rock act The Blue Echoes lived in Braybrook. High-profile Australian rules footballers Doug Hawkins, Ted Whitten and Brian Wilson played for the Braybrook Football Club.
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