Keilor vs Melbourne Airport

Melbourne Airport is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 46 in Keilor. In Keilor, 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 is closer to the city centre: 21.9 km, against 25 km. On these figures, Keilor tends to suit older residents.

Keilor is a substantial residential suburb with 5906 residents, while Melbourne Airport is essentially non-residential with only 64 people. Keilor offers considerably better walkability (54 versus 19) and sits slightly closer to the CBD at 21.9 km compared to 25.0 km. The key trade-off is risk: Keilor faces higher flood risk (71 versus 26) and notably higher crime risk (100 versus 49), whereas Melbourne Airport presents a much lower crime profile. Both suburbs share the same socio-economic decile. Keilor suits someone seeking an established neighbourhood with rental availability and walkable amenities, while Melbourne Airport's sparse population and proximity to the airport may appeal only to those with specific commercial or industrial interests.

Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.

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

ahead on 4 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (10 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (7 vs 1)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)

Weighs schools, crime, parks, and childcare.

Renters

Melbourne Airport

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $400/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Keilor

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (53/100 vs 19/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (29 min vs 35 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (21.9 km vs 25 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Keilor

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 6%)
  • is more walkable (53/100 vs 19/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (42/100 vs 100/100)

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

Investors

Keilor

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (0.9% vs -38.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Keilor 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 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 Melbourne Airport
Walkability 53 / 19
Keilor — Walkability: 53/100 Melbourne Airport — Walkability: 19/100
Safety 58 / 0
Keilor — Safety: 58/100 Melbourne Airport — Safety: 0/100
Low fire risk 68 / 74
Keilor — Low fire risk: 68/100 Melbourne Airport — Low fire risk: 74/100
Low flood risk 32 / 74
Keilor — Low flood risk: 32/100 Melbourne Airport — Low flood risk: 74/100

Demographics

Keilor rents higher ($400/wk vs $0/wk); Keilor has more residents (5,906 vs 64).

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Population 5,906
+99% vs other
 64
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +0.9% -38.5%
Median age 46 37
Median household income $106,392/yr —
Median weekly rent $400/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Keilor Melbourne Airport
0-4 4.5% / 4.7%
Keilor — 0-4: 4.5% Melbourne Airport — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 11.4% / 6.2%
Keilor — 5-14: 11.4% Melbourne Airport — 5-14: 6.2%
15-19 6.5% / 4.7%
Keilor — 15-19: 6.5% Melbourne Airport — 15-19: 4.7%
20-24 5.6% / 9.4%
Keilor — 20-24: 5.6% Melbourne Airport — 20-24: 9.4%
25-34 9.5% / 12.5%
Keilor — 25-34: 9.5% Melbourne Airport — 25-34: 12.5%
35-44 10.8% / 12.5%
Keilor — 35-44: 10.8% Melbourne Airport — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 13.6% / 18.8%
Keilor — 45-54: 13.6% Melbourne Airport — 45-54: 18.8%
55-64 14.0% / 17.2%
Keilor — 55-64: 14.0% Melbourne Airport — 55-64: 17.2%
65-74 12.3% / 6.2%
Keilor — 65-74: 12.3% Melbourne Airport — 65-74: 6.2%
75-84 7.9% / —
Keilor — 75-84: 7.9% Melbourne Airport — 75-84: not among its largest
85+ 3.8% / —
Keilor — 85+: 3.8% 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 Melbourne Airport
Bachelor Degree 15.1% / 9.4%
Keilor — Bachelor Degree: 15.1% Melbourne Airport — Bachelor Degree: 9.4%
Certificate III & IV 13.6% / 4.7%
Keilor — Certificate III & IV: 13.6% Melbourne Airport — Certificate III & IV: 4.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.7% / —
Keilor — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7% Melbourne Airport — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest
Postgraduate Degree 3.5% / —
Keilor — Postgraduate Degree: 3.5% Melbourne Airport — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / —
Keilor — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Melbourne Airport — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.1%).

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 Melbourne Airport
England 1.9% / 4.7%
Keilor — England: 1.9% Melbourne Airport — England: 4.7%
New Zealand 0.7% / 4.7%
Keilor — New Zealand: 0.7% Melbourne Airport — New Zealand: 4.7%
Italy 3.1% / —
Keilor — Italy: 3.1% Melbourne Airport — Italy: not among its largest
India 1.0% / —
Keilor — India: 1.0% Melbourne Airport — India: not among its largest
Vietnam 1.0% / —
Keilor — Vietnam: 1.0% Melbourne Airport — Vietnam: not among its largest
Germany 0.8% / —
Keilor — Germany: 0.8% Melbourne Airport — Germany: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.7%).

Property market

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Median house price $1,166,250 —
Median unit price $645,500 —
Median land price $792,500 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 26 days
from 53 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Keilor has more rural and farming land (49% vs 12%).

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Other and special use 2% 85%
Rural and farming 49% 12%
Residential 20% 0%
Parks and recreation 17% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 9% 2%
Environmental 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 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 Melbourne Airport
Houses 2.9%
$735/wk on $1.3M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Keilor Melbourne Airport
House price Higher than 70% of VIC —
Income Higher than 78% of VIC —
Schools Higher than 6% of VIC —
Walkability Higher than 86% of VIC Higher than 79% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 47% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 75% of VIC Higher than 100% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 90% of VIC Higher than 80% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 11% of VIC —

Liveability

Keilor is more walkable (53 vs 19).

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Grade C —
Score 49/100 —
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
same for both

Risk profile

Keilor carries more flood risk (68 vs 26); Melbourne Airport carries more crime risk (100 vs 42).

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Bushfire Low
32/100
 Low
26/100
Crime Moderate
42/100
 High
100/100
Flood Moderate
68/100
 Low
26/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise High
70/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 6
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Inside the suburb 3 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 2 0
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Keilor

  • Keilor Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Overnewton Anglican Community College - Yirramboi Campus Independent · Combined at peers
  • St Augustine's Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Schools in Melbourne Airport

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Cafes & restaurants 8 28
Parks & reserves 10 1
Childcare 7 1
GPs 2 1
Pharmacies 1 3
Police stations 0 2
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1 3
Waterways 16 6

Mobility

Melbourne Airport sits further from the CBD (25 km vs 21.9 km).

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Walkability score 53/100 19/100
Distance to Melbourne 21.9 km 25 km
+14% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 29 min 35 min
Public transport score 77/100
Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 89.2
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 1.0%
postcode 3036
 4.7%
postcode 3045
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 30
postcode 3036
 —

Setting

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Elevation 34 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 113 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 16.6 km 19.8 km

NBN connectivity

Keilor Melbourne Airport
Connectivity score 80/100 72/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the building
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 24%
2,524 premises
 23%
1,080 premises

Climate

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

Air quality (annual mean)

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

Council rates

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

Federal electorate

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

Tags

Keilor

Large Blocks Middle-Ring

Melbourne Airport

Middle-Ring Multicultural

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