Demographics

Burwood East is approximately 4.26 square kilometres. In 2016 the population of Burwood East was 10273. The population is 49% male and 51% female. On average the monthly mortgage repayments in Burwood East are $1800 to $2399. The most common weekly income bracket is $300 to $399 per week. Weekly rents in the area are on average $350 to $449.

Description

Burwood East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 17 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2011 Census, Burwood East had a population of 10,141. Burwood East is bounded by Springvale Road to the east, Middleborough Road to the west, Eley Road and Hawthorn Road to the north and Highbury Road to the south. Burwood East is notable as the site of the first Kmart department store in Australia. The Kmart Plaza store opened in 1969, at the intersection of Burwood Road (now Highway) and Blackburn Road. It was the first 24-hour Kmart store and proved very popular with locals, frustrated with the limited shopping hours on offer at the time. Burwood East Kmart is the second largest in Australia, with a gross leasable area of 8,444 m2 (90,890 sq ft). The Tally Ho Business Park, on the corner of Burwood Highway and Springvale Road, hosts the headquarters of many corporations and organisations, including the Country Fire Authority and a regional headquarters of VicRoads and Yokogawa. The site of the Tally Ho Business Park and its surrounds was previously occupied by the Tally Ho Boys' Home, which was established on land provided at a reduced price to the Methodist Church by Abel Hoadley, the inventor of the Violet Crumble chocolate bar. The Violet Crumble was supposedly manufactured in a Cottage where the ABC now stands. On the north side of Burwood Highway, there are additional business buildings including a HP building, expanding the business park beyond the boundary of the original Tally Ho Boys' Home. Vision Drive (located adjacent to the Tally Ho Business Park) is the current location of World Vision Australia's National Office, The GPT Group and the National Archives of Australia (Melbourne Repository).

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