Kensington

“Kensington offers up a light personality based not on evergreen energy, rather inner-urban comfort with exceptional convenience.”

• Village feel on city’s brink
• Rich trade history
• Charismatic period properties
• Tree-lined streets
• Ample transport

Transport and Proximity

Positioned like a bustling borough while espousing suburban character, Kensington sits only 4km from the city centre, bordering multicultural hubs of Flemington, Footscray, West Melbourne and North Melbourne. Boasting CBD-bound routes at every corner, Macaulay and Kensington stations provide city centre access in 2 stops, serving the suburb’s east and west respectively. Racecourse Road trams to the north meet Flemington Road’s major hospitals en route to Elizabeth Street, validating strong demand from the medical field.

Aesthetic, Appeal, and History

A cosy atmosphere unlike other brink-of-city suburbs, Kensington’s charm lies in its old homes, scattered parks, and absence of side-street thoroughfares. A broad display of Victorian and Edwardian architecture, the gorgeously tree-lined McCracken Street, Barnett Street, Rankins Road, and surrounds ensure a charismatic foreground to a lush, green backdrop. With its most prestigious addresses lying in these central and eastern pockets, forward- thinking architects saw opportunity in Kensington’s barebones factories, transforming run-down shells into stunning pieces of industrial, modern design. Constructed on the grounds of a former livestock trading area, across from the 1840-built Flemington Racecourse, the winding ‘Kensington Banks’ estate spreads Kensington’s unique appeal to its Maribyrnong River boundary.