Burwood East, VIC 3151

One of the better places to live in melbourne. People move here for the convenience of being in the middle of the eastern suburbs. This is where some of the best schools in the country are and a great mix of cultures and family friendly people. Easy Choice if you have kids or are a young couple

its really 20mins from anything that in anything. Great access to some of the best places to dine and easy access to transport and freeways.

great place to live

i've lived my whole live in burwood. I believe the population growth has become an issue. I'd say more homeless people and drug abusers are about nowadays than years prior. I'd be looking to move further out.

I've lived burwood for 26 years and in this last decade it has grown to become the opposite to what i enjoyed about it. With property demand you can't avoid over population and congestion but burwoods rapid growth has made the place feel more like i'm living in the inner city than the suburbs. The infrastructure clearly cannot support the amount of people here yet more concrete shoe boxes are being erected and 3-5 townhouses and being shoved onto blocks every 3rd house. If you want quiet. burwood isnt for you.

Burwood East is superbly and conveniently located to all amenities, being in the heart of some of Melbourne’s best suburbs with great neighbours such as Glen Waverley, Blackburn, Chadstone, Ashwood and Box Hill to name a few and is only 17km to Melbourne CBD. Burwood East is surrounded with a variety of shopping centres right at its doorstep namely, Burwood One, Burwood Heights Shopping Centre and Burwood Bricks Shopping Centre. They all feature essential services such as Kmart, Coles, Aldi, pharmacies, medical centres, cafes, restaurants, and a selection of speciality retailers. Burwood East is nothing short of the best parks and reserves in Melbourne. East Burwood Reserve is a great park and has so much to offer. It is a perfect oasis for sport activists and includes two ovals, tennis court, a bicycle velodrome and provides a lovely track for joggers/walkers. Kids enjoy the playground facilities with a small waterfall and duck pond making it ideal to just relax and enjoy the beautiful sunset and city views. Other parks in the area are Highbury Park, Ballyshannassy Park, Burwood East Line Reserve Park and ever popular Gardiners Creek and Wattle Park.

Moving to and from Burwood East is easy as public transport facilities include bus services, Burwood train station and tram routes. It is a fantastic suburb appreciated by residents for its great value and excellent location to just about anything and everything.
For a standard 3-bedroom house, you can expect to pay approx. $450 per week in rent.

Anna Molinaro, Property Manager OBrien Real Estate Blackburn

I have lived here for over 10 years. This is my own personal experience. Two of my neighbors overdosed on drugs and died in their homes. Helicopters and airplanes fly overhead multiple times a day. Hoon drivers drive up and down Robinlee ave day and night everyday with very loud exhausts. Lots of building activity, not so peaceful during the day if you're a stay at home mum or retired. I'm moving away soon, I cannot take it anymore. The corner of Pickford and Robinlee ave is a nightmare. I'm not sure if the whole suburb is like my neighborhood.

This small pocket 16km from Melbourne's East is simply un-faulted when it comes to family living. I have moved here 7 years ago and have a young family and can tell you first hand the best part of Burwood is the convenience. Schools, Shopping, Health Care, Parks and public facilities are all local to the suburb and being central in the eastern corridor makes it very easy to get around with out a heavy reliance on free ways or even a car.

Burwood One shopping centre looks to be coming together quite nicely and i'm seriously impressed with the Coles supermarket. I think once this centre completes it will drive property demand even higher in this area. If you are looking for a place for your children to grow up then i highly recommend Burwood or Burwood East and if you are like me and are lucky to work in the area as well then double bonus.

Hopes this review helps anyone who is thinking of considering making Burwood their home.

I use to live in Burwood East until I moved interstate for work. I would highly recommend this suburb to people with kids or a young professional couples.

The amenities within this locality are excellent (check out Wikipedia) and the distant to the city is quite reasonable as well. Also you are not limited to use either the Monash or Eastern (which are car parks in peak hour) like so many surrounding suburbs.

A lot of the housing is from the 1950 - 60's and are still standing solid today, also the average block size is around 550 to 750 square meters which is much larger than most of the new developments built these days. Because of the high land value in Burwood and Burwood East a lot of sub-divisions are taking place which are quite popular for lease amongst the Deakin uni students.

I am planing to move back to Melbourne in the next 2 years or so and hope to resettle in Burwood or Burwood East again. (five stars * * * * *)