| Kew East Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 White Avenue, Kew East | |||||||||||||||
  Kew East | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°47′49″S 145°3′25″E / 37.79694°S 145.05694°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 6,620 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3102 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 40 m (131 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 8 km (5 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Boroondara | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kew | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kooyong | ||||||||||||||
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Kew East, also known as East Kew, is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km (5.0 mi) east from the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Kew East recorded a population of 6,620 at the 2021 census.[2]
The suburb was developed as a series of small farming estates and communities. It expanded rapidly with the development of tramways and railways, including the now-closed Outer Circle railway line which had a station in Kew East.[3] Today it is a mostly residential suburb with some small remnants of its agricultural past.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kew East (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kew East (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ Beardsell, David; Herbert, Bruce (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Melbourne: Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). ISBN 0-85849-024-2.
