Melbourne's Ambulance Hotspots

If you have a cardiac arrest, you need a paramedic inside eight minutes to avoid brain injury or death.

Yet all over Melbourne people are waiting longer and longer for ambulances.

Metropolitan Ambulance Service emergency response time data shows at least half of Melbourne’s suburbs are failing to meet the State Government’s benchmark of 15 minutes for 90 percent of all cases.

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See where Victoria’s regional hotspots are located.

Click on your region below to find out how long it would take an ambulance to reach you.

Eastern Suburbs

Ambulance Branch	Key suburbs	Time*
Healesville	Healesville, Chum Creek, Badger Creek	*30.3*
Emerald	Clematis, Emerald, Monbulk, Kalista, Cockatoo	*29.7*
Belgrave	Belgrave, Upwey, Tecoma, Lysterfield, Narre Warren East	*25.3*
Yarra Junction	Launching Place, Gladysdale, Hoddles Creek, Woori Yallock, Millgrove, Warburton, Yarra Junction, Seville	*24.8*
Pakenham	Nar Nar Goon, Pakenham, Cardinia, Officer, Gembrook,	*22.0*
Beaconsfield	Officer, Harkaway, Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield, Narre Warren East, Clyde, Berwick	*19.8*
Lilydale	Lilydale, Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park, Coldstream, Wonga park, Healesville, Yarra Glen	*19.7*
Eltham / Greensborough	Eltham, Hurstbridge, Greensborough, Diamond Creek, St Andrew’s, Doreen, Arthur’s Creek	*17.7*
Berwick	Berwick, Narre Warren, Upper Beaconsfield, Hallam, Endeavour Hills,	*16.3*
Rowville	Rowville, Mulgrave, Knoxfield, Lysterfield, Scoresby, Doreen, Endeavour Hills,	*16.3*
Ringwood	Ringwood, Bayswater, Croydon, Park Orchards, Warrandyte, Wonga Park, Mitcham, Heathmont	*16.3*
Wheelers Hill	Wheelers Hill, Glen Waverley, Clayton, Mulgrave, Rowville, Scoresby, Dandenong North	*15.7*
Knox	Knox, Vermont, Wantirna, Bayswater, Heathmont, Ringwood, Boronia	*15.7*

South-East Suburbs

Ambulance Branch	Key suburbs	Time*
Langwarrin PPU	Frankston, Frankston South, Langwarrin, Pearcedale, Devon Meadows, Somerville, Cranbourne South	*19.3*
Mornington	Moorooduc, Mt Martha, Somerville, Frankston South	*19.0*
Sorrento	Sorrento, Portsea, Rosebud, Blairgowrie, Rye, St Andrews Beach	*19.0*
Hastings	Hastings, Bittern, Crib Point, Balnarring, Merricks North, Flinders, Shoreham, Red Hill, Somers	*18.8*
Cranbourne	Cranbourne South, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North, Clyde, Devon Meadows, Narre Warren South, Skye, Hampton Park	*17.3*
Rosebud	Rosebud South, Tootgarook, Rye, Arthur Seat, Main Ridge, McCrae, Cape Schank, Dromana	*16.7*
Dandenong / Keysborough	Noble Park, Springvale South, Braeside, Dandenong South, Braeside, Dandenong South, Hallam, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Rowville, Mulgrave	*16.0*

Western Suburbs

Ambulance Branch	Key suburbs	Time*
Sunbury	Sunbury, Clarkfield, Diggers Rest, Bulla, Oaklands Junction, Gisborne South	*18.5*
Altona	Newport, Williamstown, Brooklyn, Laverton, Spotswood, Yarraville, Altona, Altona Meadows	*16.8*
St Albans	St Albans, Caroline Springs, Delahey, Sydenham, Taylors lakes, Keilor Downs, Ardeer	*16.7*
Kensington PPU	Tottenham, Maidstone, Braybrook, Albion, Ardeer, Kensington, Footscray	*15.3*

Northern Suburbs

Ambulance Branch	Key suburbs	Time*
Craigieburn	Craigieburn, Mickleham, Kalkallo, Donnybrook, Roxburgh park, Greenvale, Somerton, Epping North,	*18.2*
Epping	Yarrambat, Epping, Epping North, Mill Park, Wollert, Woodstock, Mernda Doreen, Yan Yean, Whittlesea, Kinglake, Mernda, South Morang	*17.3*
Thomastown	Bundoora, Thomastown, Reservoir, Lalor, Broadmeadows, Campbellfied.	*15.7*