Keysborough VIC 3173
Keysborough is a suburb in Victoria, 38 km from Melbourne CBD, around 38 minutes by car. Population is 30,018; the median age is 36 and the median household income is $103,532 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 16.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $421 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 11 schools within the suburb boundary, 4 rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Keysborough a good suburb?
Keysborough scores a B (63/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools and transit.
Above the state average
11 schools · 4 above peer schools · Top 24% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 66/100 · 38.1 km · 38 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $1M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 64/100 · Flood 53/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 36 · 30,018 residents
Liveability Rating
63 / 100 · Ranked #238 in VICEach bar is Keysborough's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
63 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKeysborough's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1 million, about 4% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,000,000
21% above its 8 neighbours (median $825,000)
Based on 452 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 276 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $690K
- 3 bed 202 sales $900K
- 4 bed 159 sales $1.14M
- 5 bed 56 sales $1.44M
- 6 bed 5 sales $1.58M
Units
$664,000
66% above its 5 neighbours (median $400,000)
Based on 24 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 15 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 12 sales $618K
- 3 bed 10 sales $676K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Keysborough are currently listed at around $885,000 on average. Based on 188 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$885K
188 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$679K
8 units listed in the last 6 months.
196 of the suburb's 9,102 dwellings (2.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Keysborough rent for around $750 a week on average, based on 99 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$750/wk
21% above its 4 neighbours (median $620/wk)
99 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$600/wk
6 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
105 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,748 rented homes (6.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202598 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3173.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $885,000 median
$600/week ($31,000 a year) on a $679,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
22 active Airbnb listings: 9 whole homes and 13 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.1% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Keysborough safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Keysborough sits in the moderate band, with 1,576 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 1% on the prior year.
1,576 offences
1.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202583 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Eleven schools serve Keysborough, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Haileybury College - Keysborough Boys and Keysborough Gardens Primary School lead the pack.
- • 7,881 students across 6 schools (avg 1,314)
- • Sectors: 7 Independent, 3 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 974-1191, median 1065 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Haileybury College - Keysborough Boys (4,880 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Keysborough is somewhat walkable on foot — at 66/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the suburb there are 8 supermarkets, 16 parks and 10 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Keysborough.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 312.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 276.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 206.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.7 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Keysborough.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 89%
- Premises covered
- 10,097
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Greater Dandenong: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 64 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 8 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Keysborough is home to about 30,000 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $104,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
30,018
Median Age
36
Median Household Income
$103,532/yr
Census Median Rent
$421/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
3.2
Median Personal Income
$37,856/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.4%
Total Dwellings
9,102
Owner-Occupier Rate
80.8%
Houses
89.5%
Rental Stress
21.1%
Mortgage Stress
25.1%
Work From Home
21.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
89 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 11 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,701 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 43.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 35.1%
- Employment Rate
- 59.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 51.2%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
2,148 residents (7.2%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 28,150 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
10% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (1,406 of 14,400).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 14,021 people work here; 14,400 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident). At least 3% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,123 a year through Greater Dandenong based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 37%
- Rural and farming 26%
- Infrastructure and transport 17%
- Industrial 12%
- Parks and recreation 5%
- Commercial 3%
- Zones under 1% 1%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Greater Dandenong
In the year to August 2026, 594 new dwellings were approved across Greater Dandenong. That mix is 214 houses and 380 units. Approvals are down 34.2% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 232 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 66 homes
- Projects firmly planned 100 homes
- Projects possible in the longer term 66 homes
From the Victorian Government's Urban Development Program: growth-area land and approved lots (metropolitan 2025, regional June 2024) and projects of 10 or more homes in Melbourne (2025), by stage. Lots and homes are counted as published; a lot usually becomes one home.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2017).
Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 20.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.98 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Dandenong monitoring station, 3.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Dandenong, 6.0 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 11 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 6.4 km
- Annual rainfall
- 781 mm
- 105 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
27 facilities within 5 km- 2.9 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Hydrochloric acid
- 3.1 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 3.1 kmRigid and Semi-Rigid Polymer Product ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 3.2 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.2 kmMetal Coating and FinishingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Hydrochloric acid
EV adoption
In postcode 3173, 453 of 25,022 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 6.1% (1,531 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3173, 4,697 rooftop-solar systems totalling 31.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 9,510 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 309 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.
3 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3173 in 2025-26, rank 155 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 184, in 2005-06.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
21 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
Land transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office Victoria
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with State Revenue Office Victoria.
At $1,000,000 this is $250,000 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Mark Dreyfus Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mark Dreyfus | 64.3% | 35.7% | +4.8 |
| 2022 | Mark Dreyfus | 56.9% | 43.1% | -0.4 |
| 2019 | Mark Dreyfus | 56.4% | 43.6% | -3.5 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Tim Richardson Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tim Richardson ALP | 58.2% | 58.2% | 41.8% |
| 2018 | Tim Richardson ALP | 50.1% | 62.9% | 37.1% |
| 2014 | Tim Richardson ALP | 52.1% | 52.1% | 47.9% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Keysborough
Is Keysborough a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Keysborough is moderate (64/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Keysborough?
Keysborough has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (53/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Keysborough a good place to live?
Keysborough has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (63/100), ranked against other VIC suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Keysborough?
Keysborough, VIC had a population of 30,018 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Keysborough, VIC?
The postcode for Keysborough, VIC is 3173.
How far is Keysborough from Melbourne?
Keysborough is 38 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 38 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Keysborough?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Keysborough was $103,532 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Keysborough?
The median advertised rent in Keysborough is $750 a week for houses (99 listings) and $600 a week for units (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Keysborough?
The median age of residents in Keysborough was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Keysborough?
There are 11 schools inside the Keysborough boundary: 4 above and 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Keysborough walkable?
Keysborough scores 66/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Keysborough?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Keysborough (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Keysborough below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Keysborough?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Keysborough, Dandenong (6 km away), 781 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Keysborough?
First-home buyers in VIC may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Keysborough belong to?
Keysborough sits within the Greater Dandenong local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Keysborough?
The average residential rates bill through Greater Dandenong is $2,123 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Keysborough?
Across Greater Dandenong, 594 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 34.2% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Keysborough in?
Keysborough sits within the federal Division of Isaacs, currently held by Mark Dreyfus (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2022
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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