Ashburton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, 12 km south-east of Melbourne's Central
Business District. Its local government area is the
City of Boroondara. At the 2011 census, Ashburton
had a population of 7,586.

Ashburton features a retail area around High
Street, has two train stations (Ashburton
and Alamein) and contains a branch of the
Boroondara Library.

Ashburton contains student housing (operated by
the Ashburton Baptist Church) due to its proximity
to the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE,
Monash University (Caulfield and Clayton
campuses), Deakin University (Burwood
campus) and Swinburne University (Hawthorn
campus). The Ashburton Baptist, Catholic and
Anglican Churches also run the Ashburton Asylum
Seeker Support Group.