Childcare in Melbourne's Bayside & Inner South

The suburbs in this group sit along and just inland from the bay: St Kilda and South Melbourne in Port Phillip, Brighton, Brighton East and Hampton in Bayside, Bentleigh and Bentleigh East in Glen Eira, and Moorabbin, Cheltenham and Mentone in Kingston. Mentone sits furthest down the bay. Brighton and St Kilda sit on the water; Bentleigh and Moorabbin are a little further back from the beach.

Bentleigh shares postcode 3204 with Ormond, which is in our south-east guide, so families on that side of Glen Eira may want both pages. Cheltenham, Mentone and Moorabbin are Kingston neighbours with a ranking each rather than a shared one. Open any card to read that suburb's full top three, including each centre's NQS rating and its date, the published fee and what it covers.