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Alphington is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area are the Cities of Darebin and Yarra. At the , Alphington had a population of 4,603. It is a primarily residential suburb consisting of mixture of 1970s brick veneer, recently built townhouses as well as period weatherboards. There is also a major paper production plant in the suburb. Alphington shares a postcode with neighbouring suburb Fairfield,〔http://postcodes.qpzm.com.au/postcode/vic/melbourne/north-east/alphington〕 and is bounded by the Yarra River in the south and the Darebin Creek in the east. Present day Alphington has a young demographic, with more than 58% of the suburb being under the age of 40. Census data also shows that 36% of working Residents are employed in professional positions and on average earn $1538 a week, or more than $200 a week above the Melbourne metropolitan average.〔http://house.ksou.cn/profile.php?sta=vic&q=Alphington〕 Close proximity to the Melbourne CBD, gentrification and high demand for property has caused house prices in Alphington to increase dramatically over the past couple of years, with median house prices currently at $1.06m,〔 representing a 14% increase from 2011 to 2012. This also makes Alphington one of 51 Victorian suburbs with a median house price of over $1 million.〔http://house.ksou.cn/suburbtop.php?sta=vic&cat=HomePrice&name=〕 Rental prices in the suburb also increased by 9% to $590 per week. ==History== The genesis of Alphington was the Bridge Hotel and Darebin Creek Bridge on Heidelberg Road, both commenced in the 1840s, with a new stone arch bridge erected in 1864.〔Darebin Historical Encyclopedia () viewed 7/11/2008〕 Alphington was named by Sir William Manning after his birthplace, Alphington in Devon, England.〔Kennedy, B: ''Australian Place Names'', page 5. ABC Books, 2006〕 Alphington Post Office opened on 2 February 1858. Alphington was originally part of the Jika Jika Parish, bounded by Rathmines Street to the west, Darebin Creek to the east, and the Yarra River to the south. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alphington, Victoria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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