Cheltenham, Victoria

Cheltenham Melbourne, Victoria
The City of Kingston Headquarters on Nepean Highway, Cheltenham.
Cheltenham
Coordinates	37°58′01″S 145°04′05″E / 37.967°S 145.068°E / -37.967; 145.068Coordinates: 37°58′01″S 145°04′05″E / 37.967°S 145.068°E / -37.967; 145.068
Population	20,292 (2011)
• Density	2,009/km2 (5,204/sq mi)
Established	1854
Postcode(s)	3192
Area	10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Location	19 km (12 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Bayside City of Kingston
State electorate(s)	Clarinda Mordialloc Sandringham
Federal Division(s)	Goldstein Hotham
Suburbs around Cheltenham: Highett Highett Moorabbin Sandringham Cheltenham Heatherton Black Rock Beaumaris Mentone

Cheltenham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located 19 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Kingston to the eastern side of the area's metropolitan railway line and Charman Road north, while the City of Bayside presides over the suburb's western region towards extensive golf links, parks and Port Phillip Bay. At the 2011 Census, Cheltenham had a population of 20,292.

Cheltenham includes one of the early estates in the parish of Moorabbin developed by Josiah Holloway from 1852. Named Two Acre Village lots were sold between 1853 and 1854 and the township was renamed Cheltenham. Sufficient population had settled for Cheltenham Post Office to open on 1 August 1857, although the major growth of the township was in the 1880s.

Cheltenham Park dates back to 1872, and is used for cricket and other recreational activities.

Much of the residential development was built in the 1940s and continued into the 1980s. Cheltenham also has a large industrial area on the eastern edge and a smaller area at the far western edge. The western area is noted for Melbourne's only lift test shaft.

In 1993, the landmark 7-storey 1230 Nepean Highway office tower was built. The City of Kingston leased spaced within the building for use as its main office before purchasing it in 2010.

The Kingston centre is a large aged care and rehabilitation facility which opened on Warrigal Road, Cheltenham, in 1911 as the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum. It was known as the Cheltenham Home and Hospital for the Aged from 1965 through to 1970, before it was renamed to the Kingston Centre.The Heatherton Sanatorium with its entrance on Kingston Road (Heatherton, Victoria) is a now defunct sanatorium located behind the Kingston Centre and it operated for nearly 85 years, before it was closed in 1998.