Keilor Park vs Melbourne Airport

Melbourne Airport is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 44 in Keilor Park. In Keilor Park, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Keilor Park is closer to the city centre: 17.9 km, against 25 km. On these figures, Keilor Park tends to suit older residents.

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 Park

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 1)
  • carries lower crime risk (75/100 vs 100/100)

Weighs schools, crime, parks, and childcare.

Renters

Melbourne Airport

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $392/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Keilor Park

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (47/100 vs 19/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (25 min vs 35 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (17.9 km vs 25 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Keilor Park

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 6%)
  • is more walkable (47/100 vs 19/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (75/100 vs 100/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Keilor Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (-1.3% vs -38.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Keilor Park and Melbourne Airport drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Hides rows where both suburbs match

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.

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Walkability 47 / 19
Keilor Park — Walkability: 47/100 Melbourne Airport — Walkability: 19/100
Safety 25 / 0
Keilor Park — Safety: 25/100 Melbourne Airport — Safety: 0/100
Low fire risk 61 / 74
Keilor Park — Low fire risk: 61/100 Melbourne Airport — Low fire risk: 74/100
Low flood risk 51 / 74
Keilor Park — Low flood risk: 51/100 Melbourne Airport — Low flood risk: 74/100

Demographics

Keilor Park rents higher ($392/wk vs $0/wk); Keilor Park has more residents (2,684 vs 64).

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Population 2,684
+98% vs other
 64
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -1.3% -38.5%
Median age 44 37
Median household income $76,336/yr —
Median weekly rent $392/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
0-4 5.8% / 4.7%
Keilor Park — 0-4: 5.8% Melbourne Airport — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 12.1% / 6.2%
Keilor Park — 5-14: 12.1% Melbourne Airport — 5-14: 6.2%
15-19 4.6% / 4.7%
Keilor Park — 15-19: 4.6% Melbourne Airport — 15-19: 4.7%
20-24 4.1% / 9.4%
Keilor Park — 20-24: 4.1% Melbourne Airport — 20-24: 9.4%
25-34 11.1% / 12.5%
Keilor Park — 25-34: 11.1% Melbourne Airport — 25-34: 12.5%
35-44 13.0% / 12.5%
Keilor Park — 35-44: 13.0% Melbourne Airport — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 13.1% / 18.8%
Keilor Park — 45-54: 13.1% Melbourne Airport — 45-54: 18.8%
55-64 10.0% / 17.2%
Keilor Park — 55-64: 10.0% Melbourne Airport — 55-64: 17.2%
65-74 12.9% / 6.2%
Keilor Park — 65-74: 12.9% Melbourne Airport — 65-74: 6.2%
75-84 10.5% / —
Keilor Park — 75-84: 10.5% Melbourne Airport — 75-84: not among its largest
85+ 2.5% / —
Keilor Park — 85+: 2.5% Melbourne Airport — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.8%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Certificate III & IV 14.4% / 4.7%
Keilor Park — Certificate III & IV: 14.4% Melbourne Airport — Certificate III & IV: 4.7%
Bachelor Degree 9.1% / 9.4%
Keilor Park — Bachelor Degree: 9.1% Melbourne Airport — Bachelor Degree: 9.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.0% / —
Keilor Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.0% Melbourne Airport — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree 2.4% / —
Keilor Park — Postgraduate Degree: 2.4% Melbourne Airport — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.0% / —
Keilor Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0% Melbourne Airport — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.4%).

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.

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Italy 11.0% / —
Keilor Park — Italy: 11.0% Melbourne Airport — Italy: not among its largest
England 1.4% / 4.7%
Keilor Park — England: 1.4% Melbourne Airport — England: 4.7%
New Zealand — / 4.7%
Keilor Park — New Zealand: not among its largest Melbourne Airport — New Zealand: 4.7%
Greece 2.2% / —
Keilor Park — Greece: 2.2% Melbourne Airport — Greece: not among its largest
India 1.4% / —
Keilor Park — India: 1.4% Melbourne Airport — India: not among its largest
Vietnam 1.2% / —
Keilor Park — Vietnam: 1.2% Melbourne Airport — Vietnam: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (11.0%).

Property market

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Median house price $920,000 —
Median unit price $655,000 —
Median land price $915,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 28 days
from 12 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Keilor Park has more industrially zoned land (15% vs 0%); Keilor Park has more land zoned for conservation (13% vs 0%).

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Other and special use 0% 85%
Residential 27% 0%
Parks and recreation 19% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 19% 2%
Industrial 15% 0%
Environmental 13% 0%
Rural and farming 0% 12%
Commercial 8% 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 Park Melbourne Airport
New dwellings approved 670
across Brimbank
 3,063
across Hume
Approvals change year on year +40% +0%

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Houses 4.6%
$750/wk on $852K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
House price Higher than 59% of VIC —
Income Higher than 43% of VIC —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 85% of VIC Higher than 79% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 30% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 75% of VIC Higher than 100% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 99% of VIC Higher than 80% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 92% of VIC —

Liveability

Keilor Park is more walkable (47 vs 19).

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Grade C —
Score 42/100 —
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Keilor Park carries more flood risk (49 vs 26); Keilor Park carries more bushfire risk (39 vs 26).

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Bushfire Low
39/100
 Low
26/100
Crime High
75/100
 High
100/100
Flood Moderate
49/100
 Low
26/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
70/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 5
within 5 km
 6
within 5 km

Schools

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
Victoria University Footscray Park, 9.6 km
 None

Amenities in the suburb

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Cafes & restaurants 2 28
Parks & reserves 5 1
Childcare 1
same for both
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 1 3
Police stations 0 2
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 3
same for both
Waterways 6
same for both

Mobility

Melbourne Airport sits further from the CBD (25 km vs 17.9 km).

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Walkability score 47/100 19/100
Distance to Melbourne 17.9 km 25 km
+40% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 25 min 35 min
Public transport score 77/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 103.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 74.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 3042
 4.7%
postcode 3045
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 21
postcode 3042
 —

Setting

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Elevation 74 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 113 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 14.6 km 19.8 km

NBN connectivity

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Connectivity score 100/100 72/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fibre to the building
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
1,609 premises
 23%
1,080 premises

Climate

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Annual rainfall 534 mm 518 mm
Summer max (Jan) 26.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.5°C 6.0°C

Air quality (annual mean)

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 18.9 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Average residential rate $1,847/yr $1,715/yr
Council Brimbank Hume

Federal electorate

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Division Hawke
same for both
Member Sam Rae
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Keilor Park Melbourne Airport
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Keilor Park

Large Blocks Middle-Ring Parks Quiet Retirees

Melbourne Airport

Middle-Ring Multicultural

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