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Keilor Park house prices & rent trends — the risks to check before you buy

Keilor Park is an established suburb with an older, more settled population — median age 44, around the state average on the ABS's SEIFA index of socio-economic advantage. Housing here is overwhelmingly standalone houses. The area is still light on cafés, shops and other everyday amenity. It's not served by train or tram. The median house price sits at $922,500. Worth weighing against who lives here and how the area is set up, before you look at the planning and risk checks below for a specific property in Keilor Park.

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House median
$922,500
▲ 2.7%/yr
Unit median
no data
apartment / flat
Median rent
$392/wk
per week
Gross yield
2.2%
rent ÷ house price

Delora's modelled price context for Keilor Park

How Keilor Park's current median compares with what Delora's hedonic model estimates from the suburb's own fundamentals — separate from the official-record figures below, and not a valuation of any individual property.

Modelled price context

Modelled 15% above its estimated fundamentals

$922,500
current median
$802,000
modelled fundamentals estimate

The suburb is priced above what its fundamentals alone explain — common in established, prestige areas where scarcity and reputation add value. Even on the more cautious end of the model's uncertainty range, Keilor Park still models at least 8% above its estimated fundamentals.

This is a suburb-level model, not a valuation of any individual property, and not investment advice — see the methodology below.

Suburbs with the largest modelled gap →   What drives this price? →   Why do estimates never agree? →   Checking a specific listing's price →

See what's driving that number (methodology)
How highly educated the area iscuts about $148k
How popular it is with work-from-home buyerscuts about $54k
The general location and prestigecuts about $36k
The local safety recordcuts about $26k
How good the tram access iscuts about $20k
How close it is to a schoolcuts about $19k

This model compares Keilor Park with a typical Greater Melbourne suburb on the things buyers actually care about — location, transport, schools, incomes and risk — then estimates a dollar figure for the difference. These are the factors contributing most to the estimate above. The model carries genuine uncertainty (see the range noted above) and describes the suburb, not any specific property in it.

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Suburb boundary with planning overlays — toggle them top-right. Map © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO; overlays © Vicmap Planning.

Keilor Park by the numbers

Cost & market
Typical house price
$922,500
median sale · ▲ 2.7% / yr
Typical rent
$392/wk
median weekly (Census 2021)
Rental yield
2.2%
gross — annual rent ÷ house price
Vacant land
$600,000
median land sale
Who lives here
Population
2,684
usual residents (Census 2021)
Owner-occupied
81%
17% rented
Median age
44 yrs
of residents
Personal income
$645/wk
median, per week
Household income
$1,468/wk
median, per week
Avg household size
2.6 people
people per home · 76% family households
Monthly mortgage
$1,801/mo
median repayment
Recorded crime
96 per 1,000 residents
a year, across all of Brimbank council, not just Keilor Park · around the state average
How advantaged the area is

Deciles 1–10 vs all Victorian areas — 10 = most advantaged — from the ABS SEIFA index. A demographic measure, not a house-price one. These three don’t always move together — a suburb with lots of renters or students, for example, can score high on education but lower on income and housing costs.

Overall advantage
5/10
Around the Victorian average
Economic resources
4/10
income, housing costs & wealth
Education & occupation
4/10
qualifications & skilled jobs
The homes here

Mix of dwelling types across the suburb (Census 2021)

Houses 89%Townhouses 12%Apartments 0%

Who owns and rents here (Census 2021)

Owned 81%Private rental 12%Social housing 0%
More detail on building height and bedroom mix (Census 2021)

Bedroom mix (share of all occupied dwellings):

  • 2 bedrooms: 6%
  • 3 bedrooms: 61%
  • 4 or more bedrooms: 32%

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Location & lifestyle
Distance to the CBD
~14 km
from the suburb centre
Getting around
0 train · 0 tram · 13 bus
nearest train station ~5.7 km · counts are stop points, not stations (a station is often several)
Cafés & amenity density
1 cafés
Low café & amenity density — likely more car-dependent
Restaurants
1
places to eat nearby
Supermarkets
0
grocery stores nearby
Pharmacies
0
chemists nearby
Parks
6
green space nearby
Schools
0
primary & secondary
Nearest Centrelink
~5.6 km
outside the suburb
Zoning & planning controls — check before you buy

Land use across the suburb (planning zones)

Residential 27%Public / Parks 23%Industrial 15%Other 15%Rural / Green 13%Commercial 8%
Zoning
Residential
mostly Neighbourhood Residential Zone – Schedule 1 (NRZ1) · 27% of the suburb
Heritage overlay
Very low · 1%
3 named overlay areas (HO37, HO7, HO48) — oldest gazetted 2001
Flood overlay
Low · 6%
of the suburb — verify this address
Bushfire overlay
Very low · 0%
of the suburb — verify this address
Building & development controls

Planning overlays that can affect building, renovating or removing vegetation somewhere in Keilor Park — confirm whether any apply to the specific address.

  • Significant Landscape Overlay — controls to protect the area’s landscape character
  • Environmental Significance Overlay — environmental values that constrain development
  • Development-contributions levy — new development pays an infrastructure contribution

Overlay colours reflect how much of the suburb an overlay covers — green under ~8%, amber ~8–20%, red above 20%. Public-acquisition, contamination (EAO) and floodway overlays are flagged (below) wherever they apply, because even a small area can include a specific property.
Recorded crime is a council-wide rate — every offence police logged over the latest year (theft, property damage, drug and traffic offences and the like, not only violent crime) divided by the council’s residents. A broad area signal, not a figure for this exact street.
All figures are suburb-level indicators, not property-specific — always confirm the exact address on the Section 32. Sources: ABS Census 2021, Valuer-General Victoria, DFFH Rental Report, Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, Vicmap Planning, Victorian Government UDP, Victorian Department of Education (schools & zones, via data.vic, CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap. What do these terms mean?

How Keilor Park compares

Where Keilor Park ranks against other suburbs on the measures buyers ask about — a higher bar isn’t always “better”, it’s just where this suburb sits.

Price
more expensive than 37%
Advantage
more advantaged than 21%
Recorded crime (council area)
lower recorded crime than 15%
Café & amenity density
denser in cafés & shops than 31%
CBD access
closer to the city than 72%
Price
more expensive than 74%
Advantage
more advantaged than 79%
Café & amenity density
denser in cafés & shops than 37%
CBD access
closer to the city than 74%

Prices & rents over time

How Keilor Park’s market has moved — up to 12 years of sale prices and 20+ years of rents.

Median sale price over time
By year (Valuer-General Victoria). Small-suburb medians can swing year to year on a few big sales — read the trend, not the wiggles.
Houses
YearHouses
2024$840,000
2023$795,000
2022$892,500
2021$820,500
2020$735,000
2019$704,000
2018$770,000
2017$741,000
2016$650,000
2015$565,000
2014$512,500
2013$455,000

Planning changes in Keilor Park

Planning controls on land in Keilor Park have changed since 2017. Each row below is one gazetted amendment — a batch of parcels changed together in the same notice, not a single lot — the kind of thing that moves land value and that portals don’t show.

2019–2023New overlay — 2 parcels gained heritage protection controls · gazetted Feb 2019 – Feb 2023

Source: Vicmap Planning Scheme History (2017–present); parcel-level zone & overlay changes grouped by suburb, zone transition and gazettal batch. A suburb-level record — confirm the specific parcel. See how Melbourne’s zoning changed over the decade →

Schools

Parts of Keilor Park fall within 4 primary and 2 secondary government school catchments. No schools sit within the suburb boundary itself, though the catchments above extend into it from neighbouring areas.

Government schools have address-based catchment zones; Catholic and independent schools set their own enrolment processes.

Zoned government schools
Catchments that cover part of Keilor Park — a suburb can span several, and your exact address decides which applies. Confirm at findmyschool.vic.gov.au.
Primary
Keilor Heights Primary SchoolKeilor Primary SchoolNiddrie Primary SchoolTullamarine Primary School
Secondary
Essendon Keilor CollegeKeilor Downs Secondary College

What to check before you buy in Keilor Park

Keilor Park has relatively light heritage-overlay coverage (about 1%), though it can still apply to individual parcels. Parts of the suburb (about 6%) sit under flood-related overlays. The specific things worth confirming here, plus the two every buyer should check.

C1

Public Acquisition Overlay

Part of Keilor Park is reserved for a future public work (e.g. a road or rail project) under a Public Acquisition Overlay — land it covers can be compulsorily acquired by the authority. Check whether this specific property is affected before you commit.

C2

Potentially contaminated land (EAO)

An Environmental Audit Overlay applies to part of Keilor Park — usually former industrial or commercial land. A satisfactory environmental audit can be required before it’s used for a home; confirm whether the property sits within it.

C3

Check for a flood overlay

Parts of Keilor Park (~6%) sit under flood-related overlays. Confirm whether this address is affected.

C4

Easements & covenants

Check Section 3 for easements (e.g. drainage/sewer along a boundary — you usually can’t build over them) and restrictive covenants (single-dwelling, materials, height) that limit your plans.

C5

Owners corporation (if applicable)

Apartments and many townhouses in Keilor Park are in an owners corporation. If so, the statement must include its certificate — review annual fees, any special levies, the maintenance fund and insurance.

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Buyer questions about Keilor Park

What should I check in a Section 32 for Keilor Park?

For Keilor Park, pay particular attention to heritage overlays (about 1% of the suburb is affected), any flood-related overlay (~6%), easements and restrictive covenants on the title, and — for apartments — the owners-corporation certificate with its fees and any special levies.

Does Keilor Park have heritage overlays?

Heritage overlays cover a small share of Keilor Park (about 1%) — not common, but still worth a quick check: confirm in the Section 32's planning section whether a Heritage Overlay applies to this specific parcel, since it restricts demolition and external changes.

Is a free Section 32 review legal advice?

No. Delora gives a fast, plain-English review to help you understand the statement and ask better questions. Always have a licensed conveyancer or solicitor review the contract before you sign.

Neighbouring suburbs

The 4 suburbs that border Keilor Park.

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Learn how to use this page

The heritage, flood and bushfire figures above are suburb-wide — they tell you how common an overlay is here, not whether it applies to one specific address. Confirm via VicPlan and an in-person inspection before you rely on them.