Vermont South
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Morack Road, Vermont South | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 37°51′04″S 145°10′59″E / 37.851°S 145.183°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 11,954 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3133 | ||||||||||||
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Vermont South is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 19 km (12 miles) east of its Central Business District. It had a population of 11,954 at the 2021 census. The eastern boundary is Dandenong Creek, which flows from the Dandenong Ranges through to Port Phillip. The suburb was mostly developed in the late 1960s through till the mid-1970s after developers bought the orchards in the area. Vermont is derived from the French language meaning "green hill".