Research is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-east from
Melbourne's Central Business District. Its Local
Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the
2011 Census, Research had a population of 2,637.
Areas with unmade (dirt) roads and unsewered
homes on large land blocks (1 to 35 acres) still
exist south of Main Road in Research. This area has
one of the highest bushfire risks in Australia, due
to prolific Eucalyptus and wattle trees.