Editing Traralgon (section)

=== Urban Structure ===
[[File:Stockland Traralgon entrance.JPG|thumb|Stockland Traralgon in the CBD]]
Traralgon is part of the Latrobe Valley tri-city urban area, a small area of industry and agricultural land separates it from neighbouring Morwell.  Traralgon together with adjacent Morwell forms an urban area with an estimated population of 41,984 as at June 2018.<ref name=ABSSUA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> In the five years prior, the urban area had experienced a modest average annual growth in population of 0.5%.<ref name=ABSSUA/> The Traralgon portion the combined Morwell area had a population of 27,958,<ref name=ABSSA2>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2016: Population Estimates by Statistical Area Level 2 (ASGS 2016), 2017 to 2018 |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18?OpenDocument|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019|access-date=4 November 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> also at June 2018. Greater Traralgon includes localities such as Traralgon, the suburb of Traralgon East and the relatively sparsely populated satellite localities of [[Hazelwood North, Victoria|Hazelwood]] and Traralgon South to the south, and [[Tyers, Victoria|Tyers]] and [[Glengarry, Victoria|Glengarry]] to the north.

The Traralgon [[central business district]] is centred around Seymour and Franklin Streets. An indoor shopping mall called [[Traralgon Centre Plaza]] was opened in 1985.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jimenez |first1=Cher |title=Make way for Traralgon plaza |url=https://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/4200310/make-way-for-traralgon-plaza/ |publisher=Latrobe Valley Express |access-date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010095419/https://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/4200310/make-way-for-traralgon-plaza/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Commercial and light industry sprawl along most of the eastern stretch of the Princes Highway. Notable heritage buildings include the Post Office and Courthouse erected in 1886 and Ryans Hotel erected in 1914, both in Franklin Street.