Bangholme, Victoria

Bangholme is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district and adjacent to the urban area. Its local government area is the City of Greater Dandenong. At the, Bangholme had a population of 797, most of who live in the Willow Lodge Village, a mobile home development on Frankston-Dandenong Rd.The area is semi-rural and is part of Melbourne's South East Green Wedge, with a significant part of the land used by the Melbourne Water Eastern Sewage Treatment Plant, and the remainder being mostly small land holdings, with some used for horse acreage.|The EastLink tollway passes through the area.HistoryBangholme Post Office opened on 15 June 1925, and closed in 1943.DemographicsBangholme has a SEIFA score of 744, indicating a high level of disadvantage — it is in the bottom percentile nationally and has the lowest score of any Melbourne suburb.SportThe National Water Sports Centre is located in Bangholme adjacent to the Patterson River.Golfers play at the course of the Eastern Sward Golf Club on Thompson Road, Bangholme.Horse riding lessons are conducted at BlinkBonnie Equestrian Centre on Pillars Road.