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'''Kew''' ({{IPAc-en|k|j|uː}};) is an innera suburb of [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 5&nbsp;km east from Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Boroondara]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Kew recorded a population of 24,499 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL21336|name=Kew (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities)|access-date=3 July 2022|quick=on}}</ref>

Formerly[[City aof Kew|A city in its own right]] from 1860 to 1994, theKew [[Citywas of Kew|Kew]], alongamalgamated with the cities of [[City of Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] and [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell]] were amalgamated to form the City of Boroondara. The suburb borders the [[Yarra River]] to the west and northwest, with [[Kew East, Victoria|Kew East]] to the northeast, [[Hawthorn, Victoria|Hawthorn]] and [[Hawthorn East, Victoria|Hawthorn East]] to its south, and with [[Balwyn, Victoria|Balwyn]], [[Balwyn North, Victoria|Balwyn North]] and [[Deepdene, Victoria|Deepdene]] to the east.

[[John Hodgson (Australian politician)|John Hodgson]] established a squatters run at Studley Park, on the eastern bank of the Yarra River, in 1840. ''Studley House'', also known as ''Burke Hall'', built in 1857, was named after Hodgson's birthplace of Studley, [[Yorkshire]] and the house is now on the Register of the National Estate.<ref>{{cite VHD|621|Studley House|hr=0789|ho=101}}</ref> The house was built in the Victorian Period [[Italianate]] Revival style. Modifications were made to the house in 1875 and 1919. The house was also owned by former bookmaker, [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]] lobbyist, influential Irish-Catholic and millionaire, [[John Wren]] and was donated to [[Xavier College (Melbourne)|Xavier College]] by the land developer, T.[[Thomas M.Burke (businessman)|Thomas Burke]]. It illustrates the importance of a residence in indicating success and status in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Melbourne society. The nearby ''[[Villa Alba Museum|Villa Alba]]'', built before 1863,<ref>{{cite VHD|624|Villa Alba|hr=0605|ho=134}}</ref> is open to the public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.villaalbamuseum.org/|title=Villa Alba Museum – Villa Alba Museum – Kew, Victoria, Australia}}</ref>

In 1856, a site was reserved for a mental asylum next to the river. By 1871 [[Kew Asylum|Kew Lunatic Asylum]], now known as [[Willsmere|Willsmere Estate]], was completed. The [[Kew Cottages]] for children were added in 1887. The hospital was built despite objections by residents and the Kew Borough Council<ref>{{cite web

Kew has convenient access to public facilities and transport. The [[Melbourne tram route 109|109]], [[Melbourne tram route 16|16]] and [[Melbourne tram route 72|72]] along with tram route [[Melbourne tram route 48|48]] (North Balwyn – Victoria Harbour Docklands) [[List of Melbourne tram routes|tram routes]] pass through the suburb and the City/[[Lilydale railway line|Lilydale]]/[[Belgrave railway line|Belgrave]] train line is easily accessed at [[Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne|Hawthorn]] and [[Glenferrie railway station|Glenferrie]] Stations. [[Kew railway station, Melbourne|Kew Station]] and the [[Kew railway line|associated railway branch]] was last served by passenger trains in 1952,<ref name="elect"/> with the station site now the headquarters of [[VicRoads]].

|File:Kew aerial.jpg|Aerial view over northern residential parts of Kew looking southwest showing [[Yarra Bend Park|Studley Park]] (top), [[Kew Asylum]] (right) and [[Eastern Freeway, Melbourne|Eastern Freeway]] Earl Street exit (bottom right)

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In the 20162021 Census, there were 24,605499 people in Kew. 6466.81% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 56.96%, England 2.9%, Malaysia 12.92%, India 1.8% and VietnamNew Zealand 1.4%. 6870.43% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 78.46%, Greek 23.90%, Cantonese 2.78%, Italian 1.97% and Vietnamese 1.74%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 3644.41% and Catholic 2522.07%.<ref name=census>{{Censuscite 2016web AUS|id=SSC21328|nametitle=2021 Kew (Vic.), (StateCensus All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics Suburb)|access-dateurl=12 Aprilhttps://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL21336 2018|quickwebsite=onwww.abs.gov.au}}</ref>

* [[Kew Primary School]]

* [[Jack Billings]]- – AFL footballer

* [[Philip Brady (broadcaster)|Philip Brady]] -– 3AW radio personality

* [[Murders of Terrence and Christine Hodson|Terrence Hodson]] -– Murdered Police Informant and Drug Dealer

* [[Jack Macrae]] -– AFL footballer

* [[Luke McDonald (footballer)|Luke McDonald]] -– AFL footballer

* [[Peter McIntyre (architect)|Peter McIntyre]] – architect

* [[Phil Ryan (footballer born 1915)|Phil Ryan]] – footballer

* [[Ross Stevenson (radio presenter)|Ross Stevenson]]- – 3AW radio presenter

* [[Frank T. M. White]] -– mineral science educator