Flemington, Victoria regard to Flemington's commercial area Barry Humphries, declared in 2005 that his favourite building in Melbourne was the Flemington Post Office, which is on Wellington Street. Flemington has three kindergartens, three primary schools, a secondary college and a special needs school. The suburb has twelve parks, reserves and ovals. In the 2016 Census, there were 7,719 people in Flemington. 52.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 5.2%, Ethiopia 3.3%, Somalia 2.2%, New Zealand 1.9% and China 1.8%. 50.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included
Camperdown Country Park made news headlines in 1986 when "Jeremy", its female European brown bear, bit the arm off ten-year-old Ross Prendergast, who had sneaked into the park after hours. A campaign was launched to stop the bear being put down. The bear enclosure has been enlarged since the incident, and there are now two different bears at the park. Camperdown Country Park has an 18-hole golf course. It is 6548 yards in length. It was opened in 1959 and became a very popular golf course. During the 1970s the course held the British Police Championship, and (with the Downfield Golf Course) the