Burnside, Victoria


Burnside is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Melbourne [central business district|central business district], located within the City of Melton local government area. Burnside recorded a population of 5,800 at the 2021 [Australian census|2021 census].

Attractions

Burnside is located beside the upper end of the Kororoit Creek, which still has populations of native reptiles, including Tiger snake, Eastern blue-tongued lizard, common snakeneck turtle and Eastern [brown snake].
Kororoit Creek is also home to the Eastern Banjo Frog, common [eastern froglet] and the endangered Growling grass frog and striped [legless lizard].

Demographics

The most common Ancestries were Australian 14%, English 11.8%, Filipino 9.6%, Vietnamese 7.9%, and Maltese 6.8%.
41.2% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 7.3%, Tagalog 3.9%, Spanish 2.7%, Arabic 2.4% and Filipino 2.3%.