Type: | suburb |
Chelsea Heights | |
City: | Melbourne |
State: | vic |
Lga: | City of Kingston |
Alternative Location Map: | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
Coordinates: | -38.047°N 145.137°W |
Postcode: | 3196 |
Pop: | 5,393 |
Area: | 3.2 |
Stategov: | Mordialloc |
Fedgov: | Isaacs |
Dist1: | 32 |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Near-Nw: | Edithvale |
Native Name: | Karrum Karrum (Boonwurrung) |
Near-N: | Aspendale Gardens |
Near-Ne: | Braeside |
Near-W: | Chelsea |
Near-E: | Bangholme |
Near-Sw: | Bonbeach |
Near-S: | Patterson Lakes |
Near-Se: | Bangholme |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 12 |
Chelsea Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Chelsea Heights recorded a population of 5,393 at the .
The suburb is home to Chelsea Heights Primary School, The Chelsea Heights Cricket & Football Club and the Bonbeach Blue Jays Baseball Club.
On the border of Chelsea Heights and Chelsea is the Bayside Trail bicycle track, which begins in Seaford and continues north for approximately 43 km to Port Melbourne.
Prior to the 1870s, Chelsea Heights was known as the Isles of Wannarkladdin, being the only high land of the Carrum Carrum Swamp.[1]
The aerial photography at the beginning of the Network 7 show Kath & Kim shows the central portion of Chelsea Heights.