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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                     = suburb
| name                     = Lysterfield
| city                     = Melbourne
| state                    = vic
| image                    = Lysterfield_(3981461850).jpg
| caption                  = Oaktree Rise, Lysterfield
| lga                      = City of Knox
| lga2                     = Yarra Ranges Shire
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates              = {{coord|37.930|S|145.301|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode                 = 3156
| pop                      = 6,681
| pop_year                 = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes            = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21558 | name = Lysterfield (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 14 July 2022  | quick = on}}</ref>
| elevation                = 144
| area                     = 2.1
| est                      =
| stategov                 = [[Electoral district of Monbulk|Monbulk]]
| stategov2                = [[Electoral district of Rowville|Rowville]]
| fedgov                   = [[Division of Aston|Aston]]
| fedgov2                  = [[Division of Casey|Casey]]
| dist1                    = 32
| location1                = [[Melbourne central business district|Melbourne]]
| dist2                    = 10
| location2                = [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]]
| near-nw                  = [[Ferntree Gully, Victoria|Ferntree Gully]]
| near-n                   = [[Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria|Upper Ferntree Gully]]
| near-ne                  = [[Upwey, Victoria|Upwey]]
| near-w                   = [[Rowville, Victoria|Rowville]]
| near-e                   = [[Belgrave South, Victoria|Belgrave South]]
| near-sw                  = [[Lysterfield South, Victoria|Lysterfield South]]
| near-s                   = [[Narre Warren North, Victoria|Narre Warren North]]
| near-se                  = [[Narre Warren East, Victoria|Narre Warren East]]
| local_map                = yes
| zoom                     = 11
}}

'''Lysterfield''' ([[Boonwurrung language|Boonwurrung]]: ''Waralk-warrabin'')<ref>{{Cite book|last=Clark, Ian D.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54913331|title=Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria|date=2002|publisher=Victorian Aboriginal Corp. for Languages|others=Heydon, Toby, 1972-, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.|isbn=0-9579360-2-8|location=Melbourne|oclc=54913331}}</ref> is a suburb in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{Convert|32|km|abbr=on}} south-east of Melbourne's [[Melbourne central business district|Melbourne CBD]], located within the [[City of Knox]] and the [[Yarra Ranges Shire]] [[Local Government Areas of Victoria|local government area]]s. Lysterfield recorded a population of 6,681 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name="abs"/>

==History==
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The area around Lysterfield was first settled in 1838. Initially it was part of [[Narre Warren, Victoria|Narre Warren]] but was named Lysterfield in 1874 when land was set aside for a primary school. At this time, Lysterfield included what is now [[Rowville, Victoria|Rowville]]. The land was primarily used for farming.

Lysterfield Road is one of the major blackspots in Victoria. When the Victorian State Government fixed it, it cost $2.3m. Further along that road is the City of Knox [[Avenue of honour]], which was first planted in 1918–19 in recognition of [[World War I|First World War]] veterans. This is a group of [[pine]] [[tree]]s.

A well-known attraction in Lysterfield is the [[Lysterfield Park|Lysterfield Lake]], built in 1929 by the State Rivers & Water Supply Commission, to supply water to the [[Mornington Peninsula]], [[Springvale, Victoria|Springvale]], and [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]]. Lysterfield Lake Park was established as a water catchment area surrounding the lake. Today, there are facilities for sailing, swimming, canoeing, mountain biking and walking. It is one-third in the [[City of Knox]], the rest being in the [[Shire of Yarra Ranges]] and a small part in the [[City of Casey]]. This park includes a few ruins such as the Donlane and the Dargon homestead site, still with its surrounding orchards and the ruins of the dairy that is renowned as Boy's Farm.

The [[Black Saturday bushfires|February 2009 bushfires]] affected this area; homes were threatened but none were lost.

== Demographics ==
As of the 2021 census, 6,681 people lived in Lysterfield. The median age was 41 and the median weekly household income was {{Australian dollar|link=yes|2754}}. 26.1% of the population had a bachelor's degree. 0.6% of the population identified as Indigenous. The most common non-English languages spoken at home include Mandarin (3.6%), Greek (1.6%), Italian (1.5%), Arabic (1.2%), and Sinhalese (1.1%).<ref name="abs" />

==Education==
There is one primary school in the area named Lysterfield Primary School (situated in Bellfield Drive, Lysterfield). However, the suburb is close to many primary and secondary schools in neighbouring suburbs.

==See also==
* [[Shire of Sherbrooke]] – Lysterfield was previously within this former local government area.

==References==
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{{City of Knox suburbs}}
{{Shire of Yarra Ranges suburbs}}

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[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Yarra Ranges]]
[[Category:Suburbs of the City of Knox]]