{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | name = Kialla | image = KiallaCentralTownEntrySign.JPG | caption = Entering Central Kialla | state = vic | type = town | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|36|27|S|145|25|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | est = | postcode = 3631 | pop = 6817 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC21332|name=Kialla (State Suburb)|access-date=20 April 2018|quick=on}}</ref> | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | dist1 = 188 | dir1 = N | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 9 | dir2 = S | location2= Shepparton }} '''Kialla''' is a suburb within the [[City of Greater Shepparton]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in the [[Goulburn Valley]], [[Victoria, Australia]]. At the [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]], Kialla and surrounding area had a population of approximately 6,800.<ref name=census/>
Kialla includes the areas known as Kialla Central, Kialla West, Kialla Green and Kialla Lakes. Kialla Lakes is a major housing estate established in northern Kialla with three man-made lakes to provide scenery. Houses with lake frontage sell for a premium price.
==History== Kialla Post Office opened on 2 January 1874 and closed in 1918.<ref name = "PostOffice">{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 2008-04-11 }}</ref>
==Population== According to the [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] of population, there were 6,817 people in Kialla, of which:<ref name=census/>
* 1.6% were Aboriginals and/or Torres Strait Islanders * 82.6% were born in Australia * 82.9% spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian at 1.9% * 28.0% were Catholic, 27.5% declared no religion, and 12.0% were Anglican
==Sport== Shepparton [[Harness racing|Harness Racing]] Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack in Kialla.<ref name = "harness">{{Citation | last = Australian Harness Racing | title = Shepparton | url = http://www.harness.org.au/shepparton/shepparton.cfm?fromstate=vic | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>
The Shepparton Greyhound Racing Club holds regular [[Greyhound racing in Australia|greyhound racing]] meetings at its track on the Goulburn Valley Highway in Kialla. The track opened on 10 December 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historyofgreyhoundracing.com/history-of-shepparton-greyhound-racing-club/|title=History of the Shepparton GRC|publisher=History of Greyhound Racing|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="dogs">{{Citation|last=Greyhound Racing Victoria |title=Shepparton |url=http://shepparton.grv.org.au/index.html |access-date=2009-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331093526/http://shepparton.grv.org.au/index.html |archive-date=March 31, 2009 }}</ref>
Golfers play at the Kialla Golf Club on Kialla Central Road.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Kialla | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=269 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>
==See also== * [[Shepparton]] * [[Broken River (Victoria)]] * [[Seven Creeks]] * [[Goulburn River]]
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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:City of Greater Shepparton]]