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{{Infobox place
| type                = suburb
| name                = Balwyn North
| city                = Melbourne
| state               = vic
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| pop                 = 21,314
| pop_year            = 2015
| pop_footnotes       = <ref name="abserp2017">[[wikipedia:Australian Bureau of Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]]. ''Balwyn North (SA2)''. 30 March 2016. http://stat.data.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=ERP_QUARTERLY#, accessed: 10 February 2017</ref>
| established         = 
| postcode            = 3104
| area                = 9.0
| area_footnotes      = <ref name="profilebalwynnorth">profile.id. ''About the profile areas: Balwyn North''. http://profile.id.com.au/boroondara/about/?WebID=120, accessed: 10 February 2017</ref>
| lga                 = Boroondara
| ward                = [[Bellevue Ward|Bellevue]], [[Maranoa Ward|Maranoa]]
| stategov = [[wikipedia:Electoral district of Kew|Kew]]
| fedgov   = [[wikipedia:Division of Kooyong|Kooyong]]
| dist1    = 10
| location1= [[wikipedia:Melbourne|Melbourne]]
| near-nw  = [[wikipedia:Ivanhoe East, Victoria|Ivanhoe East]]
| near-n   = [[wikipedia:Bulleen, Victoria|Bulleen]]
| near-ne  = [[wikipedia:Doncaster, Victoria|Doncaster]]
| near-w   = [[Kew East]]
| near-e   = [[wikipedia:Mont Albert North, Victoria|Mont Albert North]]
| near-sw  = [[Kew]]
| near-s   = [[Balwyn]]
| near-se  = [[wikipedia:Mont Albert North, Victoria|Mont Albert North]]
}}

'''Balwyn North''', also known as '''North Balwyn''', is a suburb 10 kilometres east of [[wikipedia:Melbourne|Melbourne]] located in the northern part of [[City of Boroondara|Boroondara]].

==Etymology==
The name 'Balwyn' is derived from the name of an [[Balwyn Estate|estate]] near the south-west corner of present-day [[Balwyn Road|Balwyn]] and [[Whitehorse Road|Whitehorse Roads]]. It was named by its owner, [[Andrew Murray]], in 1858. The name combined the [[wikipedia:Gaelic language|Gaelic]] ''bal'' and the [[wikipedia:Saxon|Saxon]] ''wyn'' to create ''Balwyn'' meaning 'home of the vine'. The area of Balwyn North was probably named around the 1910s when suburban housing development began with the extension of the [[Tram route 48|tram]] along [[Doncaster Road]].<ref name="eMelbourneBalwyn">eMelbourne. ''Balwyn - Place''. July 2008. School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, [[wikipedia:University of Melbourne|University of Melbourne]]. http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00150b.htm</ref>

==History==
The term 'North Balwyn' first appears in the late 1910s and early 1920s to refer to farm allotments in the area.<ref>The Argus. ''Classified Advertising''. 1 April 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4674500, accessed: 25 October 2017</ref> However, its boundaries and nature remained unclear for some years, with the area being referred to as part of Balwyn or 'North Camberwell'.<ref>The Age. ''Advertising''. 4 April 1923. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204070318, accessed: 25 October 2017</ref>

With the extension of the tram to Burke Road and subsequently Balwyn Road in 1938, development in the area increased dramatically.<ref name="TheAge25Jul1939">The Age. ''Camberwell Areas - Great Building Increase''. 25 July 1939. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204934053, accessed: 25 October 2017</ref> By 1945, suburban subdivisions had reached the intersection of Balwyn and Doncaster Roads.<ref>State Library of Victoria. ''Melbourne 1945''. 1945. http://1945.melbourne/, accessed: 13 November 2017</ref> Melbourne's [[wikipedia:Second World War|Post-War]] development and population boom continued this surge of construction well into the 1950s. 

The Balwyn North and Greythorn Post Offices were opened in 1941 and 1951 respectively to cater for the growing number of people living in the area.<ref>Premier Postal Auctions. ''Post Office List''. https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, accessed: 13 November 2017</ref>

==Geography==
The topography of Balwyn North is hilly. Doncaster Road follows some of the ridgeline of the principal hill in the centre of the suburb, which plateaus out for some time before falling towards [[Koonung Creek]] to the north and east. [[Greythorn Park]] is the highest point in Balwyn North.

==Education==
===Primary===
*[[Balwyn North Primary School]]
*[[Belle Vue Primary School]]
*[[Greythorn Primary School]]
*[[St Bede's Primary School]]
*[[St Bridget's Primary School]]

===Secondary===
*[[Balwyn High School]]

==Transport==
The number of people using cars for travel to work is around the average for [[wikipedia:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] but higher than the average for the rest of Boroonodara. Bus travel features prominently, with 6.1 percent mode share, but cycling is significantly below both the Boroondara and Victorian averages with a mode share of 0.6 percent.<ref name="ABS2011CensusQuickstats">[[wikipedia:Australian Bureau of Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]]. ''2011 Census QuickStats: Balwyn Norh (SSC)''. 28 March 2013. Canberra: ABS. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/SSC20067, accessed: 2 May 2017</ref><ref name="Profile.idBalwyn">Australian Bureau of Statistics. ''Balwyn North - method of travel to work''. 28 March 2013. profile.id. http://profile.id.com.au/boroondara/travel-to-work?BMID=10&WebID=120, accessed: 2 May 2017</ref>

===Tram===
* [[Tram route 48|48 tram]] – North Balwyn - [[wikipedia:Docklands, Victoria|Victoria Harbour, Docklands]]

===Bus===
* 200 – City (Queen Street) - [[wikipedia:Bulleen, Victoria|Bulleen]] via Doncaster Road
* 207 – City (Queen Street) - [[wikipedia:Westfield Doncaster|Doncaster Shopping Centre]] via Doncaster Road
* 284 – Doncaster Park & Ride - [[wikipedia:Box Hill, Victoria|Box Hill]] via [[Union Road]]
* 285 – Doncaster Park & Ride - [[Camberwell]] via Balwyn Road
* 302 – City (Queen Street) - Box Hill via Belmore Road
* 304 – City (Queen Street) - Doncaster Shopping Centre via Belmore Road
* 548 – Kew (Cotham Road) - [[wikipedia:La Trobe University|La Trobe University]] via [[Burke Road]]

===Bicycle===
The [[wikipedia:Koonung Creek Trail|Koonung Creek Trail]] runs along the northern and eastern boundaries of the suburb. A number of minor local paths also exist, such as the in [[Macleay Park]] and the [[Jacka Street Trail]]. Balwyn Road also has bicycle lanes connecting Balwyn to Balwyn North and [[Canterbury Railway Station]].

===Road===
Major thoroughfares are predominantly east-west routes to service citybound traffic. Doncaster Road is the main road, carrying traffic through to the [[wikipedia:City of Manningham|City of Manningham]] to the east. Balwyn Road serves as the main north-south road with Belmore and Greythorn Roads also providing principal routes for traffic.

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