Vermont is located 21 km east of the CBD. Vermont is predominantly a residential suburb in Melbourne's east. It features large tracts of open reserves and parks such as the Bellbird Dell Stevens Vermont Recreation and Campbells Croft Reserves.Like a number of suburbs in this part of Melbourne the population has decreased and aged significantly over the 1981-1996 period. The suburb also features the Vermont Nursing Home and a small industrial belt on the north side of Canterbury Rd.