| Type: | suburb |
| Deepdene | |
| City: | Melbourne |
| State: | vic |
| Alternative Location Map: | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
| Coordinates: | -37.8131°N 145.0678°W |
| Pop: | 2,101 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Established: | April 2010 |
| Postcode: | 3103 |
| Dist1: | 9 |
| Location1: | Melbourne |
| Lga: | City of Boroondara |
| Stategov: | Kew |
| Fedgov: | Kooyong |
| Near-N: | Balwyn |
| Near-Ne: | Balwyn |
| Near-E: | Balwyn |
| Near-Se: | Canterbury |
| Near-S: | Canterbury |
| Near-Sw: | Canterbury |
| Near-W: | Kew |
| Near-Nw: | Kew |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 13 |
Deepdene is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9km (06miles) east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Deepdene recorded a population of 2,101 at the 2021 census.[1]
Formerly a neighbourhood within the suburb of Balwyn, the Office of Geographic Names officially recognised Deepdene as a bounded locality in April 2010. A proposal to extend the suburb boundaries east to Balwyn Road and north to Belmore Road was voted down by Boroondara Council in April 2014.[2]
Deepdene Post Office, on Whitehorse Road, opened on 14 July 1913.[3]
Deepdene railway station was on the Outer Circle railway line, which opened on 24 March 1891 and closed to the public on 9 October 1927 due to lack of passengers. The train which ran on the line was known by locals as the "Deepdene Dasher". A documentary called Melbourne's Forgotten Railway - The Outer Circle, which details the history of the line, was released in 2014.[4]
The railway has been converted into the Outer Circle Railway Anniversary Trail, a walking and cycling path,[5] which includes informative signs detailing the history of the line.
Shops in the period 1959 to 1966 included Mrs Gebbie's haberdashery, Lanyon's grocery store (Lanyon obtained a liquor licence in this historically dry area), a Kevin Dennis car yard, a classic corner milk bar, a hardware store, a garden landscaping supply business, and a commercial bakery.
Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club[8] (known as the "Deeners") and Deepdene Bears Cricket Club are both based in Deepdene. The suburb is also home to the Deepdene Tennis Club.