Suburb of Perth, Western Australia

Burswood

Burswood is an inner southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located immediately across the Swan River from Perth's central business district (CBD).

Plan a trip to Burswood→From Port Hedland

Every way there

Port Hedland → Burswood
1322 km · quickest by air, 5h 15m · A$250–390
Guide Today

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Burswood, 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 Burswood has

YScheduled flightsPerth (PER), 7 km
FTrains and coaches34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
YFerriesferry terminal, 2 km, The Little Ferry Company; 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: Perth, 3 km.

-31.964°, 115.894°

Its local government area is the Town of Victoria Park. Burswood is the location of the State Tennis Centre, Perth Stadium, Belmont Park Racecourse, the Crown Perth casino and resort complex, and the future Perth Park sports and entertainment precinct and street circuit.

How locals move

Getting around Burswood the local way

Get inA ferry makes the short hop across the Swan River, running between Barrack St Jetty on the City bank and Mends St Jetty in South Perth.
Get inFerries run every 15 min weekdays and 30 min on weekends.

From Wikivoyage: Perth/City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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