Bangholme

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Bangholme | city = Melbourne | state = vic | image ={{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 280 | perrow = 1/1 | caption_align = center | image1 = Dandenong Creek bike trail, bridge across Eumemmerring Creek.jpg | caption1 = Bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing Eummemmering Creek in Bangholme | image2 = GreaterDandenongSuburbs-Bangholme.png | caption2 = Map of City of Greater Dandenong showing Bangholme }} | map_type = nomap | lga = City of Greater Dandenong | postcode = 3175 | pop = 749 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL20131|name=Bangholme (Suburbs and Localities)|access-date=13 July 2022|quick=on}}</ref> | area = 30 | coordinates = {{coord|-38.049|145.166|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | est = 1925 | stategov = Carrum | stategov2= Mordialloc | fedgov = Isaacs | dist1 = 31 | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 9 | location2= Dandenong | near-nw = Braeside | near-n = Keysborough | near-ne = Dandenong South | near-w = Chelsea Heights | near-e = Lyndhurst | near-sw = Patterson Lakes | near-s = Carrum Downs | near-se = Sandhurst }}

'''Bangholme''' is a locality in the City of Greater Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, {{cvt|31|km}} south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Bangholme recorded a population of 749 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name=abs/>

Located adjacent to the urban area, the area is semi-rural and is part of Melbourne's South East Green Wedge, with a significant part of the land used by the Melbourne Water Eastern Sewage Treatment Plant,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/sewerage/eastern_treatment_plant/eastern_treatment_plant.asp |title=Melbourne Water : Sewerage : Eastern Treatment Plant |access-date=4 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525124451/http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/sewerage/eastern_treatment_plant/eastern_treatment_plant.asp |archive-date=25 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the remainder being mostly small land holdings, with some used for horse acreage.

The EastLink tollway passes through the area.

[http://www.palmlakeresort.com.au/locations/victoria/willow-lodge-lifestyle-resort/ Willow Lodge Village], a mobile home development, is located on Frankston-Dandenong Road.

==History==

Bangholme Post Office opened on 15 June 1925, and closed in 1943.<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=*Bangholme* | access-date = 1 April 2021 }}</ref>

==Demographics==

Bangholme has a SEIFA score of 744, indicating a high level of disadvantage — it is in the bottom percentile nationally and has the lowest score of any Melbourne suburb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2033.0.55.001/ |title=2033.0.55.001 - Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia - Data only, 2006 |author=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=25 March 2009 |access-date=4 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629182939/http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/mf/2033.0.55.001/ |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Sport==

The National Water Sports Centre is located in Bangholme adjacent to the Patterson River.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sport.vic.gov.au/web9/srvdirectory.nsf/a95b38d073e3e7d5ca25713b001a179b/a186ce166703f6104a2569ec002a558e?OpenDocument |title=Sport & Recreation Victoria |access-date=2008-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726152800/http://www.sport.vic.gov.au/web9/srvdirectory.nsf/a95b38d073e3e7d5ca25713b001a179b/a186ce166703f6104a2569ec002a558e?OpenDocument |archive-date=2008-07-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Originally the watersports centre was created for the 1996 Melbourne Olympics, which was lost to Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-1996-olympic-bid-and-the-bitterness-that-still-wont-go-away-20060224-ge1tj1.html|title=The 1996 Olympic bid and the bitterness that still won't go away|first=Sally|last=Heath|date=24 February 2006|website=The Age}}</ref> Since then the Watersports centre has had no major updates besides the water park that operates on the same land.

Golfers play at the course of the Eastern Sward Golf Club on Thompson Road, Bangholme.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Eastern Sward |url=http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=656 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>

Horse riding lessons are conducted at BlinkBonnie Equestrian Centre on Pillars Road.

Horse agistment (paddocks for hire) is also available at various properties on and near Pillars Road.

==See also== * City of Springvale – Bangholme was previously within this former local government area.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041013061903/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/bangholme.html Australian Places - Bangholme]

Category:Suburbs of the City of Greater Dandenong