Armadale is located 7 km south-east of the CBD. Armadale is located in Melbourne's inner south-east between Malvern Road in the north Glenferrie Road to the east and Dandenong Road to the south. The suburb is primarily residential with vibrant commercial shopping centres such as the High Street shopping strip and Malvern Central Shopping Centre. The population is predominately of young people which results in small household sizes. A number of tram lines traverse the suburb.