Chelsea is a coastal suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, southeast of the Melbourne central business district. It is located within the City of Kingston local government area. Chelsea recorded a population of 8,347 at the . These facilities served a modest slowly growing population. Chelsea has smaller households, fewer families with children and more elderly people than most other Melbourne suburbs, before most of the Chelsea area was developed post-World War II And many older houses were demolished to make way for single-storey units in the 1960s and 1970s. The Chelsea Magistrates' Court closed on 1 February 1985.
Chelsea is also home to many church, community and sporting organisations. The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. AFL legend Leigh Matthews played his junior football at the Chelsea Football Club. Golfers play at the Australasian Golf Club's Chelsea Public Golf Course on Fraser Avenue in neighbouring Edithvale. Chelsea Yacht Club provides competitive sailing and was formed in 1938.
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File:Nepean Hwy at Chelsea b.jpg|Nepean Highway shops, Chelsea
File:Chelsea Hotel 2021 b.jpg|Chelsea Hotel
File:Chelsea City Hall 2021 b.jpg|Chelsea City Hall
File:St Josephs Chelsea b.jpg|Catholic Church at Chelsea
File:Chelseabeach2021 b.jpg|Chelsea beach
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See also
- City of Chelsea – Chelsea was previously within this former local government area.