Windsor, Victoria

Windsor is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Port Phillip and Stonnington local government areas. Windsor recorded a population of 7,273 at the 2021 census.

Windsor is bounded by Dandenong Road, St Kilda Road, Williams Road and High Street.

Known at first as Prahran South, the suburb's name was changed to Windsor in 1891, after Windsor, Berkshire. It is often incorrectly referred to as Prahran, Windsor's northern neighbour. In the past, Windsor was within the City of Prahran's boundaries and many institutions still refer to this.

A Windsor Post Office opened in 1856, but was renamed St Kilda in 1858. The Windsor Post Office in the area opened in 1886.

62.1% were born in Australia. Other countries of birth were England 5%, Greece 3.1%, New Zealand 3.1%, China (excluding Taiwan & SARs) 1.5% & Ireland 1.2%.

71.8 Spoke only English at home. Other Language used at home top responses were Greek 5.6%, Mandarin 1.9, Spanish 1.6%, Russian 1.1% & Turkish 1%.

Although Stonnington's smallest suburb, Windsor has its own bank, supermarket and historic pubs, along with a growing number of independent clothing stores, restaurants, bars, lounges and cafés. Windsor contains a diverse mix of housing, including medium density apartments, Victorian terrace housing and a high-rise public housing tower. The Prahran campus of Swinburne University used to be located just south of High Street in Windsor, but this is now Melbourne Polytechnic – Prahran Campus, although it is actually in Windsor. The National Institute of Circus Arts is in Green Street, Windsor.

The painkiller Aspro was invented by the chemist George Nicholas in Windsor. Nuttelex margarine was also manufactured in Windsor for many years but production shifted in the last few years to Knoxfield.