Chelsea Heights VIC 3196

Living Here

Chelsea Heights is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 5,393 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,867 a week, with median rent near $412 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $932,500.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Chelsea Heights statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Chelsea Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 18 schools

  • Chelsea Heights Primary School
  • Cornish College
  • Chelsea Primary School
  • Edithvale Primary School
  • St Joseph’s School
  • Aspendale Gardens Primary School
  • Bonbeach Primary School
  • Patterson Lakes Primary School
  • Aspendale Primary School
  • St Louis de Montfort's Primary School

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• 32 cafés & restaurants

  • Temptation Pies
  • Nakhon Thai Restaurant
  • Palermo's Pizza
  • Chelsea Inn Chinese Restaurant
  • Michelangelo
  • Southern Seas
  • The Indian Hut
  • Where’s Your Aunty?
  • Thai Rose Restaurant
  • Fourseas Chinese

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• 6 supermarkets

  • Chelsea Heights IGA
  • NQR
  • Woolworths
  • IGA Friendly Grocer
  • Ritchie's IGA
  • Woolworths
• 22 parks

  • Sixth Avenue Reserve
  • Third Avenue Reserve
  • Heights Park
  • Longbeach Trail Park
  • Beazley Reserve
  • Firman Park
  • Talab Court Reserve
  • Chelsea Bicentennial Park
  • Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
  • Fielding Drive Reserve

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• 3 beaches

  • Chelsea Beach
  • Edithvale Beach
  • Bonbeach Beach
• 7 Catholic churches

  • St Joseph’s Catholic Church Chelsea
  • Saints Hoan-Thien Catholic Centre
  • Divine Mercy Shrine
  • Saint Brigid's Catholic Church
  • St Anne's Catholic Church
  • St Anthony's Catholic Church
  • St Patrick's Catholic Church
• 5 pharmacies

  • Your Pharmacy
  • Adams Pharmacy
  • Soul Pattison Chemist
  • Edithvale Pharmacy
  • My Chemist
• 10 doctors & medical clinics

  • Chelsea Heights Medical Centre
  • Long Beach Medical Centre
  • Chelsea Beach Medical Centre
  • Better Health Network
  • Chelsea Arcade Medical
  • Bonbeach and Chelsea Medical Centre
  • Surgery 464
  • Edithvale Consulting Clinic
  • Carewell Medical Centre
  • Marina Medical Centre
• 6 dentists

  • A Plus Dental Surgery
  • Aspendale Gardens Dental Group
  • Pacific Dental
  • Chelsea Dental Group
  • Lakeview Dental Clinic
  • LiveWell Dental
• 8 physiotherapists

  • SENSE OT
  • Chelsea Longbeach Physiotherapy
  • Aspendale Edithvale Physiotherapy
  • Edithvale Physiotherapy Clinic
  • Innovative Physio
  • PhysioChoice Aspendale Gardens
  • Lakeview Physio
  • Back in Motion Health Group
• 2 optometrists

  • Millennium Optical
  • Mordialloc Optical
• 26 hospitals

  • Como Private Hospital
  • The Queen Elizabeth Centre
  • Chandler Road Medical Centre
  • Noble Manor Aged Care
  • South Eastern Private Hospital
  • Dandenong Hospital
  • Davell Lodge
  • Kingston Centre
  • Adult Prevention and Recovery Care (APARC)
  • Frankston Hospital

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• 4 vets

  • Aspendale Veterinary Clinic
  • Aspendale Gardens Veterinary Hospital
  • Patterson Lakes Animal Hospital
  • Keysborough Veterinary Practice
• 8 childcare & kindergartens

  • Chelsea Heights Kindergarten
  • Goodstart Early Learning
  • Playmates Early Learning Centre
  • Goodstart Early learning
  • Chelsea Kindergarten
  • Edithvale Preschool Centre
  • Aspendale Gardens Kindergarten
  • Lochiel Childcare Centre
• 6 libraries

  • Chelsea Library
  • Kingston Libraries Patterson Lakes
  • Bhai Vir Singh Library
  • Newlands Library & Resource Centre
  • MacGregor Library
  • Kingston Toy Library
• 5 post offices

  • Chelsea Heights Post Office
  • Chelsea LPO
  • Australia Post
  • Aspendale Authorised News Agency & Post Office
  • Carrum Authorised Newsagency
• 9 service stations

  • Ampol
  • 7-Eleven
  • Woolworths Petrol
  • BP
  • United
  • EG Ampol
  • BP
  • Shell
  • BP
• 14 gyms & sports centres

  • Chelsea Pony Club
  • Edithvale Bowling Club
  • Jolong Park
  • Melbourne Cable Park
  • National Water Sports Centre
  • Live Life Well
  • Anytime Fitness
  • F45 Training
  • Bonbeach Sports Complex
  • Thrive Yoga & Pilates

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• 15 golf clubs

  • Edithvale Public Golf Course
  • Cornish Links
  • Rossdale Golf Club
  • Patterson River Country Club
  • Keysborough Golf Course
  • Eastern Sward golf club
  • Southern Golf Club
  • Woodlands Golf Club
  • Spring Park Golf Course
  • Sandhurst Golf Club

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• 1 playground

  • Talab Court Playground
• 2 dog parks

  • Amaroo Drive Reserve Dog Off Leash Area
  • Tatterson Park Fenced Dog Park
• 8 bakeries

  • Chelsea Heights Bakehouse
  • Copenhagen Patisserie
  • Long Beach Bakery
  • Bakers Delight
  • Linda’s Bakehouse
  • Charles Bakehouse
  • Patterson Lakes Hot Bread and Coffee
  • Bakers Delight
• 3 butchers

  • Chelsea Quality Meats
  • Lakeside Chickens
  • Lakeview Meats
• 5 hardware stores

  • Mitre 10
  • Prestige Power Tools
  • Lazy Tiles
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Total Tools
• 15 hairdressers

  • Uni Shape Hair Design
  • Lash Hair & Beauty
  • Chelsea Mens Hairdressing
  • Hairmoves Chelsea
  • Chelsea Cuts Hairdressing
  • Bayview Beauty Lounge
  • myOzone
  • Straight to Hairven
  • Hairven By The Bay
  • Brittany & Co

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• 6 beauty salons

  • Avani Salon and Spa
  • Best Nail Salon
  • Acrylic Nail Art
  • VICC Nails & Spa
  • JK Skin Beauty
  • Bayview Beauty Lounge
• 18 mechanics

  • Chelsea Smash Repairs
  • Tyrepower
  • Edithvale Motors
  • Cologne Motors
  • The Local Body Shop
  • I & S Motor Body Works
  • Streetline Autocare
  • Budget Auto Centre
  • Sports and Classic Car Services
  • Vawdrey Auto Repairs

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• 4 electricians

  • Bec Electrical
  • Melbourne Energy Group
  • elecworx
  • Connectronics
• 2 plumbers

  • RM. Plumber
  • BW Plumbing Supplies
• 1 carpenter

  • Wines Roof Truss & Wall Frame Company
• 3 places to stay

  • Excel Marty House
  • Aspendale Shore Motel
  • Bayside Hostel

Getting around. Train station: Chelsea, 2.1 km south-west · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 7.7 km north-west.

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Sport & Recreation

6 facilities recorded in Chelsea Heights.

• Beach House Health & Fitness Chelsea Heights Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts
• Beazley Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Tennis (Outdoor)
• Goodlife Health Club Chelsea Heights Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts
• Kennedy's Health and Fitness Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts
• Kimekai MMA Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts, Martial Arts
• Toby Haenen Swim Centre Swimming

Socio-economic Standing

Median Sale Prices

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 8.7% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 64.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

260,838 bird observations recorded near Chelsea Heights — most often seen:

• Common Myna (13,262)
• Pacific Black Duck (12,704)
• Little Raven (12,450)
• Chestnut Teal (12,198)
• Common Starling (12,160)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (11,512)
• Eurasian Coot (11,342)
• Magpie-lark (10,036)
• Eurasian Blackbird (9,967)
• Black Swan (9,925)
• Little Pied Cormorant (9,065)
• Noisy Miner (8,533)
• Dusky Moorhen (8,526)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Chelsea Heights:

• Chelsea (1.6 km)
• Edithvale (1.9 km)
• Bonbeach (2.5 km)
• Aspendale Gardens (2.7 km)
• Patterson Lakes (3.1 km)
• Waterways (3.1 km)
• Aspendale (3.7 km)
• Carrum (3.9 km)

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