Reservoir
vic 3073

About Reservoir

Reservoir is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Darebin and at the 2016 Census, Reservoir had a population of 50,474. It is the largest suburb in Melbourne by land area.

Reservoir's a multi-cultural and established suburb with brick and weatherboard homes, plus an increasing number of new developments. The region contains popular recreation areas and facilities, including Edwardes Lake and the Reservoir Leisure Centre, and is home to the Edwardes Street and Broadway shopping strips.

Close to the Northland Shopping Centre, Preston Market, High Street food quarter, Sydney Road shops and restaurants and one of three remaining drive-in cinemas in Melbourne, the Village in Coburg, the Reservoir area is experiencing unprecedented growth and is also popular with home-buyers looking for a 'still affordable' inner city lifestyle.

Resevoir is serviced by four railway stations on the Mernda railway line: Reservoir, Regent, Keon Park, and Ruthven. Reservoir station acts a bus hub for many of the Reservoir bus routes and two tram lines service the area.

The Merri Creek Trail and Darebin Creek Trail are shared-use recreational paths used by cyclists and walkers that pass through Reservoir.

Reservoir has easy access to the Northern/Western Ring Rd, Hume Highway/Freeway, Tullamarine & Calder Freeways and Eastern Freeway.