Cranbourne East, Victoria
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Cranbourne East is a suburb in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia
Australia
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, 44 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...

. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey
City of Casey
The City of Casey is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2006 census population of 214,960. The municipality's population growth rate during both 1996-2001 and 2001-2006 was...

. At the 2006 Census, Cranbourne East had a population of 3600.

Facilities

The suburb has a private school, Casey Grammar School, and the Cranbourne area Chisholm TAFE. Cranbourne East P-12 School, is presently being built and is set to open from Preparation grade in February 2011.

It is home to the Casey Complex, originally called Cranbourne Complex, officially opened in December 1994 by the City of Cranbourne
City of Cranbourne
The City of Cranbourne was a Local Government Area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994...

. The complex is home to the head office of the Casey-Cardinia Library Cooperation, and is home also to the Cranbourne Bowlland, a ten-pin bowling complex. In June 2009, the City of Casey opened Casey RACE, its Recreation and Aquatic Centre (capitalising "centre" as "CEntre"), directly next to the sporting facility of Casey Complex, and features a 50m olympic swimming pool, water slides, gymnasium and general aquatic facilities.

Part of the Melbourne
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 Urban Growth Boundary
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 runs to the south of the suburb.

Transport

  • 896 Cranbourne
    Cranbourne, Victoria
    Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Cranbourne had a population of 14,750....

     – Cranbourne East
    Cranbourne East, Victoria
    Cranbourne East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 44 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Cranbourne East had a population of 3600.-Facilities:...

    (every day). Operated by Cranbourne Transit
    Cranbourne Transit
    Cranbourne Transit is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is owned by the Pulitano Group. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government...

    .
  • 898 Cranbourne
    Cranbourne, Victoria
    Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Cranbourne had a population of 14,750....

     – Archers Field Dve. Operated by Cranbourne Transit
    Cranbourne Transit
    Cranbourne Transit is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is owned by the Pulitano Group. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government...

    .


There are proposals for a Cranbourne East railway station near Reynard Street. However, a passenger service has not run on this section of track since July 1993 and the line is currently disused, and is not electrified. The State Government's 2008 Victorian Transport Plan
Victorian Transport Plan
The Victorian Transport Plan is a now defunct transport planning framework for the state of Victoria, Australia announced on Monday 9 December 2008 by then Premier of Victoria, John Brumby...

 transport policy includes the new station at Cranbourne East, and have given it a medium timeframe for construction. It is scheduled to be built by 2015, at a cost of $200 million dollars. Such an extension would extend suburban services by around 2 km.

Future residential developments

The Growth Areas Authority released a draft report known as the 'Cranbourne East Development Plan' in 2008, aiming to develop available land within the following few years within the suburb and neighbouring Clyde North
Clyde North, Victoria
Clyde North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 46 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey....

. The land is roughly bounded by the South Gippsland Highway
South Gippsland Highway
The South Gippsland Highway is a partially divided highway in Victoria, Australia which connects the city of Melbourne with the South Gippsland region of Victoria, ending in the town of Sale...

, Casey Fields, Berwick
Berwick, Victoria
Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Berwick had a population of 36,420....

- Cranbourne Road, and Thompson Road. The development plan includes a mixture of parkland, high and low density housing, and a small industrial precinct. The division began in 2008 and continues , and includes the housing development estate Cascades on Clyde.
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