South Yarra is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government areas are the Cities of Melbourne and Stonnington. At the 2011 Census, South Yarra had a population of 19,134.The area east of Punt Road is in the City of Stonnington and the area to the west is in the City of Melbourne.The main shopping region of South Yarra runs along Toorak Road and Chapel Street.