Pascoe Vale South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Pascoe Vale South recorded a population of 10,534 at the 2021 census. Pascoe Vale South adjoins Brunswick West to the south, Strathmore and the Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Coburg to the east, and Pascoe Vale to the north. The suburb also borders the Tullamarine Freeway. Major features of the suburb include the Bell Street/Melville Road Shopping area. History The Pascoe Vale area was part of the original John Pascoe Fawkner property "Pascoeville". In 1841, Dr Farquhar McCrae, a wealthy surgeon, purchased land called 'La Rose' in what is now known as Pascoe Vale South. The house he built in 1842 or 1843 is now known as Wentworth House, and is the oldest known private dwelling in Victoria still standing on its original site, and the fifth oldest building in Victoria. It is located at 22 Le Cateau Street, Pascoe Vale South. Significant development of Pascoe Vale South took place after the tramline was extended to Bell Street in 1927, with the post office opening on 1 August 1927. People According to data from the 2001 census, Pascoe Vale South is primarily a family residential suburb with average income, education and relatively low unemployment. The census revealed that 8,336 people lived in Pascoe Vale, and the trend is that this is likely to increase slightly with some new residential development. House ownership is relatively stable at 54 per cent. Pascoe Vale South is less culturally diverse than other suburbs of Merri-bek, and even lower than the Melbourne average. In Pascoe Vale South, 71.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.2%, Greece 2.8%, England 1.4%, New Zealand 1.0% and India 0.9%. The most common responses for religion in Pascoe Vale South were Catholic 35.9%, No Religion, so described 26.5%, Eastern Orthodox 11.9%, Not stated 8.9% and Anglican 4.4%. In Pascoe Vale South, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (64.3%) (this figure excludes not stated responses). In Pascoe Vale South, 64.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 9.8%, Greek 8.4%, Arabic 2.1%, Vietnamese 1.1% and Mandarin 1.0%. Transport Bus Eight bus routes service Pascoe Vale South: : Essendon station – Ivanhoe station via Brunswick, Northcote and Thornbury. Operated