The City of Glen Eira is a Local Government Area in Victoria. It is located in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 38.4 square kilometres. It was formed in 1994 from the merger of the City of Caulfield and parts of the City of Moorabbin. At the 2006 census it had a population of 124,083.
The City has a diverse population, and includes the large Jewish community in Elsternwick, St Kilda East and Caulfield – at the 2001 census, 16.6% professed Judaism as their religious affiliation, second only to Catholicism (22.2%). Significant Greek, Italian, Polish, Chinese and Russian communities also make their home in the city. Residents’ median age and income in the census were both slightly higher than average for the Melbourne statistical division.
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