Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Southbank

Southbank is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 km (0.62 mi) south of the Melbourne central business district, located within the Melbourne and Port Phillip local government areas.

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Every way there

Geelong/Melbourne → Southbank
4 km · quickest by road, 15 min · A$1
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Hobart (Cambridge) → Southbank
598 km · quickest by air, 4h 44m · A$200–300
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Adelaide → Southbank
654 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · A$220–320
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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 Southbank, 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 Southbank has

YScheduled flightsMelbourne (MEL), 20 km
FTrains and coaches34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
YFerriesCrown Landing, 1 km, Williamstown 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: Reservoir, 13 km.

-37.829°, 144.957°

Southbank recorded a population of 22,631 at the 2021 census.

How locals move

Getting around Southbank 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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