Profile for Essendon

Essendon is located 9 km north-west of the CBD. Bounded by Moonee Ponds Creek in the east and Steele Creek in the west Essendon is primarily a residential suburb with some commercial areas on Fletcher St Napier St and Mt Alexander Rd. The area has a relatively professional population with about a third of those working employed as managers administrators and professionals. The suburb also features the Essendon Cricket Club Buckley Allison and Lincoln Parks and the Broadmeadows Railway line.