Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Burnside Heights

Burnside Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km (13 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melton local government area.

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Every way there

Geelong/Melbourne → Burnside Heights
26 km · quickest by road, 56 min · A$4–5
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Hobart (Cambridge) → Burnside Heights
614 km · quickest by air, 4h 15m · A$170–260
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Adelaide → Burnside Heights
633 km · quickest by air, 4h 32m · A$190–280
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The field note

What is in and around Burnside Heights, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Burnside Heights has

YScheduled flightsMelbourne (MEL), 9 km
FTrains and coaches34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
YFerriesWestgate Punt: Spotswood - Fishermans Bend, 17 km, Rob Horner; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Tarneit, 15 km.

-37.727°, 144.760°

Burnside Heights recorded a population of 6,377 at the 2021 census.

How locals move

Getting around Burnside Heights the local way

Get inThe route from Port Melbourne is slightly more convoluted and includes a ferry (see below for more details).

From Wikivoyage: Melbourne/Western suburbs, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.