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Carrum Downs

Carrum Downs is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district via the Monash Freeway, located within the City of Frankston local government area.

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Carrum Downs is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district via the Monash Freeway, located within the City of Frankston local government area. Carrum Downs recorded a population of 21,976 at the 2021 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Carrum Downs

Airports
Melbourne (MEL), 56 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 63 km
  • Melbourne → Carrum Downs
    37 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · A$6–8
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  • Geelong/Melbourne → Carrum Downs
    32 km · quickest by road, 53 min · A$5–7
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  • Hobart (Cambridge) → Carrum Downs
    562 km · quickest by air, 6h 24m · A$270–390
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No local-transport research exists yet for Carrum Downs

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Carrum Downs. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextStony Point - Take the train to Stony Point, where ferries leave for French Island and Phillip Island.

From Wikivoyage: Melbourne/Frankston, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

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  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,249 km

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Next door to Carrum Downs

Carrum Downs is 37 km from Melbourne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Frankston Northsuburb of Melbourne, Australia3.7 km
  • Sandhurstlocality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3 km
  • Skyesuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3.2 km
  • Carrumstate electoral district of Victoria, Australia1.8 km
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