Suburb profile

Chelsea VIC 3196

Chelsea is located in the Inner South Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3196. It has 5,513 properties across 100 streets. Explore every street in Chelsea, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Chelsea

Chelsea, VIC 3196, sits in Inner South Melbourne and neighbours Chelsea Heights, Edithvale and Bonbeach. Its 100 streets hold 5,513 properties, 2,984 of them houses and 2,529 units.

Census figures are for the Chelsea - Bonbeach area. It had 15,204 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,718 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,065 a month and the median rent $381 a week. Of 6,453 dwellings, 2,354 were separate houses, 2,197 semi-detached, 1,754 flats and 146 other; 1,899 were owned outright, 2,407 owned with a mortgage and 1,970 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Chelsea

  • 15,204Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,718Median household incomea week
  • $381Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,354
  • Townhouses and semis2,197
  • Flats and apartments1,754
  • Other146

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,065a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,899Owned with a mortgage 2,407Rented 1,970Other 177

Schools in Chelsea

  • Chelsea Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Joseph's School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Chelsea

A

  1. Argyle Avenue274 properties
  2. Armstrong Lane3 properties
  3. Arnold Drive39 properties
  4. Aruma Court10 properties
  5. Avondale Avenue65 properties

B

  1. Banksia Court7 properties
  2. Banyan Street5 properties
  3. Bardoel Court29 properties
  4. Barnes Grove24 properties
  5. Bath Street57 properties
  6. Baxter Avenue65 properties
  7. Baxter Court20 properties
  8. Beardsworth Avenue18 properties
  9. Bertrand Road9 properties
  10. Berwen Lane8 properties
  11. Berwen Street20 properties
  12. Birtchnell Lane2 properties
  13. Black Street35 properties
  14. Blantyre Avenue140 properties
  15. Blue Gum Court3 properties
  16. Boyd Avenue10 properties

C

  1. Camp Street52 properties
  2. Carpenter Court5 properties
  3. Catherine Avenue172 properties
  4. Chadwell Grove38 properties
  5. Chadwell Lane7 properties
  6. Chelbara Court20 properties
  7. Chelsea Road138 properties
  8. Collins Court12 properties
  9. Craigie Avenue1 property
  10. Cross Road52 properties
  11. Cuthbertson Court5 properties
  12. Cypress Court3 properties

D

  1. Dennington Lane12 properties
  2. Dobell Drive65 properties
  3. Donald Grove67 properties
  4. Douglas Avenue28 properties
  5. Drinan Road22 properties

E

  1. Ella Grove254 properties
  2. Elsie Grove102 properties
  3. Embankment Grove314 properties

F

  1. Famechon Road10 properties
  2. Fowler Street35 properties
  3. Foy Avenue32 properties
  4. Foy Lane9 properties
  5. Franklin Avenue19 properties
  6. Franklin Lane2 properties

G

  1. Glenbrook Avenue18 properties
  2. Glenola Road223 properties
  3. Golden Avenue173 properties

H

  1. Hughes Avenue35 properties
  2. Hutchings Court3 properties

I

  1. Inga Court5 properties
  2. Irene Court11 properties

J

  1. Jacksons Road44 properties

K

  1. Kangaroo Road49 properties
  2. Kelvin Grove27 properties
  3. Kingston Court12 properties
  4. Koala Court18 properties
  5. Kyberd Court6 properties

L

  1. Le Souef Lane3 properties

M

  1. Malcolm Drive6 properties
  2. Manna Gum Court5 properties
  3. Maury Lane15 properties
  4. Maury Road59 properties
  5. Morton Grove21 properties
  6. Mulkarra Drive142 properties

N

  1. Navi Grove3 properties
  2. Nepean Highway360 properties
  3. Newington Lane8 properties
  4. Newington Parade39 properties
  5. Nicholson Lane1 property

O

  1. Orana Crescent37 properties

P

  1. Pace Crescent24 properties
  2. Parkland Drive13 properties

R

  1. Randall Avenue26 properties
  2. Roseberry Avenue28 properties
  3. Rosella Lane2 properties

S

  1. Scotch Parade39 properties
  2. Shenfield Avenue24 properties
  3. Sherwood Avenue322 properties
  4. Showers Avenue21 properties
  5. Station Street225 properties
  6. Stayner Court15 properties
  7. Stayner Street81 properties
  8. Sturdee Street16 properties
  9. Swan Walk179 properties
  10. Swanpool Avenue96 properties
  11. Swansea Road32 properties

T

  1. Tarella Road95 properties
  2. Thames Promenade237 properties
  3. The Avenue4 properties
  4. The Beachway4 properties
  5. The Strand42 properties
  6. Tregent Lane2 properties

V

  1. Village Crescent27 properties

W

  1. Wimborne Avenue41 properties
  2. Wimborne Lane8 properties
  3. Woodbine Grove266 properties
  4. Wynne Lane2 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.