Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Essendon

Essendon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km (5.0 mi) north-west of Melbourne's central business district.

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Every way there

Geelong/Melbourne → Essendon
13 km · quickest by road, 38 min · A$2–2.5
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Hobart (Cambridge) → Essendon
607 km · quickest by air, 4h 18m · A$180–270
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Adelaide → Essendon
646 km · quickest by air, 4h 35m · A$190–290
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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 Essendon, 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 Essendon has

YScheduled flightsMelbourne (MEL), 11 km
FTrains and coaches34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
YFerriesPort Phillip Ferries (Geelong-Docklands), 8 km, Port Phillip Ferries; 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: Melbourne, 9 km.

-37.750°, 144.910°

It is located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Essendon recorded a population of 21,240 at the 2021 census.

How locals move

Getting around Essendon the local way

Go nextMelbourne is fairly centrally located on the coast of Victoria, and there are many natural and man-made attractions that make for a nice day trip.

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

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