[1] Chelsea is located on Port Phillip and is the most important bayside suburban centre between Mordialloc and Frankston.

Also popular is Bicentennial Park, located about 1 km inland on the site of a former rubbish tip.

It has recently been redeveloped with modern barbecue and play equipment, most notably the Mount Chelsea adventure playground.

[2] These facilities served a modest slowly growing population before most of the Chelsea area was developed post-World War II.

Chelsea has smaller households, fewer families with children and more elderly people than most other Melbourne suburbs.