Immunisation

Seasonal Influenza Vaccine is funded and available for:

• People aged six months to under five years of age
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged six months and older
• Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
• All adults aged 65 years and older
• People aged six months and older with medical conditions putting them at increased risk of severe influenza and its complications

For further information regarding the flu vaccine, visit Flu Immunisation.

If your child missed their vaccine in year 7 or year 10 at school, they may attend our sessions to have these vaccines up until 19 years of age.  HPV vaccine is funded to 25 years of age.

For further information visit, vaccination for Adolescents

The following people living in Victoria are eligible to receive the whooping cough vaccine for free:

• pregnant women during every pregnancy, including pregnancies that are closely spaced. 
• The optimal time in pregnancy is between 20 and 32 weeks of gestation.

For further information visit, whooping cough vaccine

From 50 years of age

For further information visit, Pneumococcal Vaccine

From 65 years of age

This vaccine is now available at our sessions for free for the following eligible people.

• people aged 65 years and older.
• First Nations people aged 50 years and older.
• immunocompromised people aged 18 years and older with the following medical conditions:
  • haemopoietic stem cell transplant
  • solid organ transplant
  • haematological malignancy
  • advanced or untreated HIV.

For further information visit,  Shingrix (shingles vaccine)

From 6 weeks of age 

$135 per dose

For further information visit, Meningococcal vaccine

From 12 months of age (1 dose is funded at 18 months of age)

$72 per dose

For further information visit, Chickenpox vaccine

Available for people not eligible for funded doses

$50 per dose

For further information visit:

• Diphtheria vaccine
• Tetanus vaccine
• Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine

Available for people not eligible for funded doses

$22 per dose

For further information visit, Influenza vaccine

From 6 weeks of age 

$77 per dose

For further information visit, Meningococcal ACWY

For more information visit the Department of Health Immunisation website.

If you have returned from overseas and need your child's history updated, please email a copy or photograph of the history to immunisation@portphillip.vic.gov.au

In the email, please provide the following details:

• Child's full name
• Child's date of birth
• Child's current address 
• Child's Medicare number, if available

We will not process any overseas vaccination histories during our Immunisation Sessions.

We provide free vaccines under the National Immunisation Program (NIP). 

Access to the free NIP vaccines requires a person to hold or be eligible for a Medicare Card.

See immunisation eligibility criteria.

If you have recently moved house or changed your postal address, it is important that you inform Medicare Australia and Council of your new address. This ensures your child's immunisation records are correctly maintained on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). It is important to prevent constant unnecessary letters being sent and to ensure your child's records are available when they are most needed, such as when starting school or when travelling.

Medicare can be contacted on 132 011.

You can get a copy of yours or child’s Immunisation History Statement or COVID 19 Vaccination Certificate by

• Accessing your MyGov account
• Contacting the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) 1800 653 809
• Visiting your local Medicare Office

More information, updates and translated material can be found in Health Victoria - Immunisation.

If you have any queries regarding immunisation, please contact Council's Immunisation Service team:

Online: Visit our Online Services
Phone: 03 9209 6383 or 03 9209 6200
Email: immunisation@portphillip.vic.gov.au