Greenvale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hume. At the 2011 Census, Greenvale had a population of 11,969.
Greenvale is located between Yuroke and Attwood, on Mickleham Road.
History
Greenvale Post Office originally opened in a rural area on 1 January 1871 and closed in 1969. As the suburb developed the Post Office reopened in 1996.
Greenvale expanded largely in the 1980s and now has 2 shopping centres, 3 primary schools (including the large Greenvale Primary School), a community centre and 2 kindergarten centres. Greenvale has a privately owned school called Aitken College, but residents are pushing for a state government college. Greenvale Reservoir in the north was built in 1973.
Greenvale Sanatorium was built in 1905 primarily for patients in reduced circumstances, which was appropriately isolated from the general public by the Victorian Government under the administration of the Health Department for the treatment of tuberculosis and other diseases. The closure of the sanatorium was in 1998, as of this day people have experienced several reported ghost sightings still roaming the sanatorium.
Education
Although positioned only twenty minutes from the CBD and ten minutes from Melbourne Airport, Greenvale has been up until recently known as a semi rural area, characterised by larger farm holdings to the north of the town centre (past Somerton Road). Three of these farms (the one bordering Aitken College is known as "Hacienda") are now set for development into a new housing estate, taking advantage of excellent city views to the south and a view of the Greenvale Reservoir to the east. This will continue the trend for Greenvale in undergoing further residential development, with several new estates appearing in the suburb itself and in nearby areas such as Attwood and Bulla.
Greenvale is home to Living Legends - The International Home of Rest for Champion Horses, located at Woodlands Homestead in Woodlands Historic Park.
Greenvale Lakes
Greenvale Lakes is a housing estate located in the suburbs of Roxburgh Park and Greenvale, close to the Greenvale Reservoir. It is being developed by PEET. A new school has been built in Greenvale Lakes called Kolbe Catholic College Greenvale Lakes.
Climate
Greenvale Football Club, an Australian Rules football team, is one of the Essendon District Football League's most successful teams, having won the A Grade premiership twice.
Their coach Steve MacPherson is, of 2009, the longest serving coach of any side in the EDFL.
Greenvale also have a Soccer club, Greenvale United SC. They currently have teams for Girls Juniors, Boys Juniors, Mixed MiniRoos and Mens Seniors. The Seniors took out the 2014 Mens State League 5 North division Title.
Internet and telecommunication
Currently Greenvale is serviced by Telstra, which provides ADSL and ADSL2+ internet services up to 20Mbit/s. The company also provides telephone and 3G as the main exchange is located in Greenvale.