Immunisation

The City of Port Phillip offers a comprehensive community immunisation program for children, secondary school students and adults.

Flu vaccine is now available at all the community immunisation sessions.

An appointment is required to attend all community immunisation session.
Immunisation appointments

Immunisation

The City of Port Phillip provide free vaccines under the National Immunisation Program (NIP) if you meet the immunisation eligibility criteria.

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

These include childhood vaccines, that are funded for anyone up to 20 years of age and vaccines for,

  • adolescents
  • pregnant women
  • adults and seniors
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
  • people with certain medical conditions that puts them at greater risk of certain disease.

See immunisation eligibility criteria for further information.

We also provide some fee for service vaccines that are not funded. Payment for these vaccines can be made at the sessions with Eftpos only. See below Fee for Service Immunisations.

Influenza Vaccine Now Available

Book an appointment for your flu vaccine at any of our community immunisation sessions.

The flu vaccine is funded for,

  • children under 5 years of age
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
  • people aged 65 years or over
  • people who have medical conditions that puts them at a higher risk of influenza disease.

The influenza vaccine can be purchased at all sessions for those not eligible for the funded program.

RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)

RSV immunisation is funded and available in 2025 for pregnant women and infants at increased risk of severe RSV.

Infant RSV protection program - From 1 April - 30 September 2025.

Now available at Council sessions for eligible children living in the City of Port Phillip.

Bookings are essential for the RSV immunisation.

Eligibly criteria for free infant RSV immunisation, Beyfortus (nirsevimab) infants born from 1 October 2024 up to 8 months of age:

  • the mother who did not receive the maternal Abrysvo vaccine during pregnancy or
  • the maternal Abrysvo vaccine was administered < 2 weeks before birth
  • the child is at increased risk of severe RSV, regardless of their mother's vaccination status.
  • the child is eligible for Medicare

Vaccination for pregnant women - Available at Councils Community Sessions now.

This vaccine is available at our community immunisation sessions.

RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, is funded for pregnant women between 28-36 weeks of their pregnancy.  This will protect your newborn infant from RSV.

For further information visit RSV Mother and Infant Protection Program

Sessions and bookings

Bookings to our clinics are made using the Victorian Department of Health Central Immunisation Record portal. To book an appointment for yourself or for your family, you will need to create an account on the portal. To do this you will need:

  • email address
  • access to the email account
  • Medicare card

An appointment is required to attend all our community immunisation sessions, during the months of April, May, June and July.

July Immunisation Dates

  • Thursday 3 July, 10 am to 12 noon - Liardet Street Community Centre
  • Tuesday 8 July, 9.30 to 11.30 am - St Kilda Town Hall
  • Tuesday 15 July, 4.30 to 6.30 pm - St Kilda Town Hall
  • Saturday 19 July, 9.00 to 11 am - South Melbourne Community Centre
  • Thursday 24 July, 9.30 to 11.30 am - Mary Kehoe Community Centre, Albert Park
  • Wednesday 27 August, 9.30 to 11.30 am - St Kilda Town Hall

August Immunisation Dates

  • Thursday 7 August, 10 am to 12 noon - Liardet Street Community Centre
  • Tuesday 12 August, 9.30 to 11.30 am - St Kilda Town Hall
  • Saturday 16 August, 9.00 to 11 am - South Melbourne Community Centre
  • Tuesday 19 August, 4.30 to 6.30 pm - St Kilda Town Hall
  • Thursday 21 August, 9.30 to 11.30 am - Mary Kehoe Community Centre, Albert Park
  • Wednesday 27 August, 9.30 to 11.30 am - St Kilda Town Hall

If you book a session, please arrive at your scheduled appointment time.

If you are unable to make an appointment, you may still attend a session and wait to be served. Sessions are all well-staffed to ensure clients are served promptly.

Please note, we cannot assist anyone arriving later than the closing times specified.

School Vaccine Catch Up

HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccine - Did you miss out on the HPV vaccine at school?

  • Australians aged 25 and under who missed out on the HPV vaccine at school can catch up for free at council's community immunisation sessions.
  • The HPV vaccine is recommended for people aged 12 to 25 and offered at school in year 7.
  • The HPV vaccine is safe and effective in protecting against nine types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers, other HPV related cancers and almost all cases of genital warts.

Remember any vaccine missed at school can be accessed at the community sessions.  This includes vaccines offered in year 7 and year 10 on the National Immunisation Program Schedule.  These vaccines are free until 19 years of age. 

Immunisation Appointment

Book an appointment

Influenza Vaccines and Other Funded Vaccines

Fee for Service Immunisations - Available at the sessions via card payment only

Need help?

Contact us

Our Immunisation Service team is here to help.

Send us a message on My Port Phillip.

Phone: 03 9209 6383 or 03 9209 6200

Email: immunisation@portphillip.vic.gov.au