Eastern suburbs (Melbourne)

The eastern suburbs is the metropolitan area directly to the east, south-east, and north-east of the Melbourne central business district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The eastern suburbs are the most populated area of Melbourne with over 2,000,000 residents. It ranges from inner-eastern suburbs, like South Yarra, and Richmond to the Eastern Dandenong Ranges and Yarra Valley in Emerald, Gembrook, Cockatoo, Coldstream, Berwick, and even into West Gippsland, in Pakenhem.

Municipalities

There are a number of municipalities (councils, cities or shires) in Eastern Melbourne. These are:

• City of Yarra
• City of Stonnington
• City of Glen Eira
• City of Boroondara
• City of Monash
• City of Whitehorse
• City of Manningham
• City of Greater Dandenong
• City of Maroondah
• City of Knox
• Shire of Yarra Ranges
• City of Casey
• Shire of Nillumbik
• Shire of Cardinia

Major suburbs, satellite cities and commercial areas

The Eastern suburbs of Melbourne contain a vast majority of Melbourne's business, especially in the Cities of Monash, Greater Dandenong, Maroondah, Knox and Yarra Ranges. Major suburbs are:

Satellite cities:

• Dandenong
• Ringwood
• Box Hill
• Lilydale

Major suburbs:

• Belgrave
• Oakleigh
• Ferntree Gully
• Chadstone
• Mount Waverley
• Glen Waverley
• Scoresby
• Rowville
• Emerald
• Burwood
• Nunawading
• Olinda
• Upwey
• Forest Hill
• Mulgrave
• Clayton
• Wantirna South
• Bayswater
• Vermont
• Blackburn
• Montrose
• Croydon

Road setup

The Eastern suburbs of Melbourne are the heart of Melbourne's famous grid system, with the Hoddle grid in the Melbourne CBD, and many of the main roads in the eastern suburbs conforming to a one-mile grid. The most major roads are:

• Burwood Highway (City to Belgrave)
• Maroondah Highway (Whitehorse Rd) (City to Lilydale)
• Princes Highway (Dandenong Rd) (City to Pakenham)
• Warrigal Road (Burwood to Brighton)
• Blackburn Road
• Springvale Road
• EastLink
• Monash Freeway
• Stud Road (Dandenong Valley Highway)
• Scoresby Road/Bayswater Road/Croydon Road