Keilor East vs Airport West
Airport West is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 43 in Keilor East. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Keilor East, about half of households are couple families. Airport West is closer to the city centre: 15.1 km, against 17.6 km. On these figures, Keilor East tends to suit couples, while Airport West suits people living alone.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Keilor East
ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (24 vs 7)
- carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 86/100)
- has more childcare (8 vs 5)
- But Airport West has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Keilor East
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper land ($1,027,500 vs $1,250,000)
Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Airport West
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (85/100 vs 66/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (15.1 km vs 17.6 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Keilor East carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 86/100)
- Airport West has more units and townhouses to downsize into (37% vs 19%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.
Where they sit
Keilor East and Airport West drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Keilor East has more residents (15,078 vs 8,173); Keilor East skews older (43 vs 39).
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 15,078 +46% vs other | 8,173 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.9% | +8.1% |
| Median age | 43 | 39 |
| Median household income | $99,372/yr +8% vs other | $91,572/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $406/wk +1% vs other | $401/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.7%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.2%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.8%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,115,000 | $1,040,000 |
| Median unit price | $630,000 | $655,000 |
| Median land price | $1,027,500 | $1,250,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 23 days from 174 sales | 23 days from 84 sales |
Unit price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
13 vs 46 sales
9 vs 27 sales
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
12 vs 19 sales
147 vs 104 sales
105 vs 39 sales
Zoning mix
Airport West has more commercially zoned land (24% vs 1%).
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 50% | 61% |
| Parks and recreation | 28% | 7% |
| Commercial | 1% | 24% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 13% | 7% |
| Industrial | 6% | 2% |
| Other and special use | 2% | 0% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 702 across Moonee Valley same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +82% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.6% $750/wk on $1.09M | 4.0% $700/wk on $910K |
| Units | 5.2% $600/wk on $605K | 4.9% $572/wk on $612K |
Ranking within VIC
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 70% of VIC | Higher than 73% of VIC |
| Income | Higher than 71% of VIC | Higher than 60% of VIC |
| Schools | Higher than 8% of VIC | Higher than 71% of VIC |
| Walkability | Higher than 89% of VIC | Higher than 95% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 39% of VIC | Higher than 23% of VIC |
| EV adoption | Higher than 78% of VIC | Higher than 75% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 89% of VIC | Higher than 99% of VIC |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 41% of VIC | Higher than 69% of VIC |
| Rental yield (units) | Higher than 70% of VIC | Higher than 54% of VIC |
Liveability
Airport West scores higher overall (68 vs 52); Airport West is more walkable (85 vs 66).
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B same for both | |
| Score | 52/100 | 68/100 |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
Keilor East carries more bushfire risk (30 vs 0); Airport West carries more crime risk (86 vs 45).
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 30/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 45/100 | High 86/100 |
| Flood | Moderate 46/100 | Low 35/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | High 70/100 | None 0/100 |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 8 within 5 km | 5 within 5 km |
Schools
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 4 | 3 |
| Rated above peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated at peers | 3 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
| Universities within 10 km | 2 Victoria University Footscray Park, 7.5 km | 2 Victoria University Footscray Park, 8.4 km |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 2.6% | 1.8% |
Schools in Keilor East
- Essendon Keilor College Government · Secondary at peers
- Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School Independent · Combined at peers
- St Peter's School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Keilor Heights Primary School Government · Primary below peers
Schools in Airport West
- Niddrie Primary School Government · Primary above peers
- St Christopher's School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Essendon Keilor College-Niddrie Campus Government · Secondary
Amenities in the suburb
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 3 | 4 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 7 | 2 |
| Parks & reserves | 24 | 7 |
| Childcare | 8 | 5 |
| GPs | 6 | 4 |
| Pharmacies | 3 same for both | |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 2 | 5 |
| Fuel stations | 2 | 0 |
| EV chargers | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 6 | 2 |
Mobility
Keilor East sits further from the CBD (17.6 km vs 15.1 km).
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 66/100 | 85/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 17.6 km +14% vs other | 15.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 24 min | 21 min |
| Public transport score | 79/100 Bus | 95/100 Tram · Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 359.5 7-9am + 5-7pm | 265.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.0% postcode 3033 | 0.9% postcode 3042 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 24 postcode 3033 | 21 postcode 3042 |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (59.6%).
Setting
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 70 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 79 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 12.4 km | 13.3 km |
NBN connectivity
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 79/100 | 99/100 |
| Most common technology | Hybrid fibre-coaxial | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 15% 6,757 premises | 96% 4,996 premises |
Climate
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 534 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 26.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 6.5°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | — same for both | |
| PM10 | 18.9 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,027/yr same for both | |
| Council | Moonee Valley same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Maribyrnong same for both | |
| Member | Jo Briskey same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Keilor East | Airport West | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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