[3] Greenvale Post Office originally opened in a rural area on 1 January 1871 and closed in 1969.

[5] Greenvale Sanatorium was built in 1905, consisting of weatherboard buildings and quarantine huts, primarily for patients in reduced circumstances, and was appropriately isolated from the general public by the Victorian Government under the administration of the Health Department for the treatment of tuberculosis and other diseases.

Its doors finally closed in 1998, and the land it stood on was sold in 2004 to form part of Woodlands Historic Park.

Other common countries of birth were Italy 4.5%, Iraq 3.1, Turkey 2.9%, Sri Lanka 1.7% and India 1.6%.

Other languages spoken at home included 9% Italian, 7.1% Turkish, 6.7% Arabic, 2.3% Greek and 2.3% Chaldean Neo-Aramaic.

Although positioned only ten minutes from Melbourne Airport, Greenvale has been up until recently known as a semi-rural area, characterised by larger farm holdings to the north of the town centre (past Somerton Road).

Three of these farms (the one bordering Aitken College is known as "Hacienda") are now planned for development into a new housing estate.

This will continue the trend for Greenvale in undergoing further residential development, with several new estates appearing in the suburb itself and in nearby areas, such as Attwood and Bulla.

Older areas are referred to as "The Toorak of the North" (sic) for their grand and stately homes.