Register, book and manage your vaccination appointments
Vaccines play an important role in keeping us healthy, and many adults are not vaccinated as recommended. Preventable diseases cause many adults to get sick, leading to missed work, not being able to care for those who depend on them and passing the illness on to others.
We offer both funded and paid immunisation services at our regular community immunisation sessions.
Funded immunisations
The following immunisations are funded for people who have or are eligible for a Medicare card External link as part of the National Immunisation Program External link.
- Eligible people under 20 years: free routine and catch-up vaccines under the National Immunisation Program External link.
- Eligible people aged 20 to under 26 years: free HPV vaccination for anyone who missed their school vaccination.
- Pregnant people: free Whooping cough vaccine from 20 weeks, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from 28 weeks, and influenza immunisation at any time.
- Men who have sex with men: Monkeypox immunisation and Hepatitis B immunisations.
- Adults born during or after 1966: measles-mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine (adults born during or after 1966 do not require evidence of previous doses or immunity)
- Refugees, humanitarian entrants and vulnerable people: free routine and catch-up vaccines under the National Immunisation Program External link.
- Adults at risk of hepatitis B as per the Victorian Government External link.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples over 50 years can receive Pneumococcal and Shingles immunisations (all adults of all ages can also have funded influenza immunisation).
- All adults 65 years and over can receive funded shingles and influenza vaccines.
- All adults 70 years and over can receive pneumococcal immunisation.
The following immunisations are funded by the Western Public Health Unit in partnership with the Victorian Department of Health until 30 June 2026:
- Eligible people aged 20 to 59 years: free measles-mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine for eligible people regardless of Medicare status or place of residence.
Check your immunisation record through the Australian Immunisation Register External link or contact our Immunisation team for guidance on the immunisation schedules of other countries.
Paid vaccines
We offer additional recommended vaccines that fall outside the funded program. These paid vaccines must be booked in advance.
$23 per dose, or free for:
- people 5 years and over, with medical risk factor
- pregnant women
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of all ages.
- people over 65 years of age.
Available from April 2026 until supply is exhausted.
Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for any person 6 months and older who wants to reduce the likelihood of becoming ill with influenza.
$60 per dose, or free for pregnant women.
Pertussis or whooping cough can be very serious for babies. A single dose is recommended to adults who are in close contact with infants, if it has been more than 10 years since their last dose.
Two doses of chickenpox vaccination are recommended for non-immune adults, particularly healthcare workers, childhood educators, carers, and people who work in long-term care facilities.
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to questions on measles, MPOX, shingles, and pregnancy vaccinations.
There has been an increase of measles cases in Victoria and around the world.
Measles immunisation is strongly recommended for adults born in or after 1966 who have not received 2 doses of measles containing vaccine. This includes people not eligible for Medicare.
All adolescents and adults born in or after 1966 should have either:
- documented evidence of 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine given at least 4 weeks apart and with both doses given ≥12 months of age
- serological evidence of immunity to measles, mumps and rubella.
Serological testing for immunity to measles is not routinely recommended before or after routine administration of the 2-dose schedule. People (with the exception of pregnant women and immunocompromised people) can receive MMR vaccine without serological testing. This is particularly relevant in a local outbreak, as well as pre-travel situations to maximise opportunities for vaccination.
The City of Melbourne is administering preventative Mpox (monkeypox) vaccine (JYNNEOS vaccine) available free-of-charge for eligible people 18 years and over who meet the following criteria:
- Sexually active gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men (cis and trans).
- Sexually active transgender and gender diverse people, if at risk of Mpox exposure.
- Sex workers, particularly those whose clients are at risk of Mpox exposure.
- Sexual partners (including anonymous or intimate contacts) of the above groups.
- Sex-on-premises venue staff and attendees.
- People living with HIV, if at risk of Mpox exposure, and their partners.
- Laboratory personnel working with orthopoxviruses.
- Some healthcare workers at risk of exposure to patients with Mpox, based on local risk assessments.
Visit the Department of Health External link for the latest information on Mpox.
Two doses are required for optimal protection (80 per cent protection) and are provided subcutaneously (under the skin) in the deltoid at least 28 days apart.
This is not available to anyone who has come into contact with the Mpox virus. If you are a close contact of anyone with the virus, please see your GP or sexual health clinic for post-exposure vaccination.
Please email the immunisation team immunisation@melbourne.vic.gov.au if you:
- are immunocompromised
- have a confirmed anaphylaxis to egg
- history of Keloid Scarring
- experience Atopic dermatitis
- previous smallpox vaccination.
Immunisation can be given at the same time as other immunisations.
We have adequate stock of Shingrix vaccinations.
A two-dose course of Shingrix is available free for all eligible people:
- All adults aged 65 years or older.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years or older.
- Selected groups aged 18 years or older who are severely immunocompromised.
- Two doses of Shingrix are required for an adequate level and duration of protection.
- The gap between doses should be 2 to 6 months.
For immunocompromised people, the gap should be one to two months between doses.
Whooping cough (pertussis) External link
When you are pregnant, it is strongly recommended that you get vaccinated against whooping cough (also known as pertussis). Ideally you should have the vaccination between 20 and 32 weeks. This is when the vaccine provides the most effective protection for your baby. However, the vaccine can be delivered anytime from 20 weeks up to delivery.
The whooping cough vaccine will protect both your baby and you from this serious infectious disease. Studies indicate that nine out of 10 babies under three months of age are protected against whooping cough if their mothers received the whooping cough vaccine during pregnancy.
The influenza (or ‘flu’) vaccine is recommended at any time in pregnancy. Getting vaccinated against influenza protects both you and your baby from one of the most common and highly contagious viral infections. Babies can’t be vaccinated against influenza until they are six months old. Until then, the vaccine you get during pregnancy will provide the best early protection from the influenza virus.
Pregnant women who have received the previous year’s flu vaccine in the first trimester of pregnancy are recommended to be revaccinated with the current season’s flu vaccine later in their pregnancy.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) External link
The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is recommended for women between 28 and 36 weeks of pregnancy. This is when the vaccine provides the most effective protection for your baby. RSV is associated with high hospitalisation in infants, RSV can use respiratory illnesses like bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
The vaccine you get during pregnancy will provide the best early protection for your baby from RSV disease.
The whooping cough, influenza and RSV vaccines are free for all pregnant women in Australia. It is recommended that you get the influenza and whooping cough vaccines each time you are pregnant. Right now, only 1 dose of an RSV vaccine is recommended for pregnant women. You can have all three vaccines at the same time.
