Keysborough

Keysborough is one of the largest suburbs in Melbourne by land area. Geographically, it is split into three sections, the southern portion of the suburb includes market gardens and semi-rural properties extending to its southern boundaries Pillars Road and the Mordialloc Creek; the middle portion of the suburb features large residential and industrial development which began in the 2000s; and the northern section of the suburb to its northern boundaries with Noble Park and Springvale South generally features housing predominantly built from the 1960s extending well into the 1990s. The suburb's western boundary is Springvale Road and eastern boundary is Dandenong Creek/EastLink.

History

Keysborough was named after the Keys family who founded the town^[2] sometime after 1878.^[3] The local post office opened as Noble Park South on 27 November 1973^[4] until being renamed to Keysborough in 1978.^[5]

As of 2002, the southern corner of the suburb was under development and new housing estates have been established, including The Keys, Hidden Grove, and Crystal Waters.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Elmswood and Somerfield housing estates were under development in southern Keysborough.^{[citation needed]}

Religion

Keysborough has a gurudwara, a Turkish mosque, a Croatian Catholic Church and an Eastern Orthodox church

Demographics

At the 2021 Census, there were 30,018 people in Keysborough.^[1]

Country of birth

43.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Vietnam (8.6%), Cambodia (8.5%), India (6.6%), China 5.1% and Sri Lanka 3.8%.^[1]

Language used at home

35.1% of people spoke only English at home. Other top languages spoken at home included Vietnamese (11.5%), Khmer (9.7%), Mandarin (6.8%), Cantonese (3.8%) and Sinhalese (2.2%).^[1]

Religious affiliation

The most common responses for religion were no religion (25.3%), Catholic (21.3%), Buddhism (19.6%), Islam (7.2%) and Hinduism (4.9%).^[1]

Dwelling structure

Of occupied private dwellings in Keysborough, 89.5% were separate houses, 9.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc., and 1.1% were flats or apartments.^[1]

Tenure type

31.8% of homes in the suburb were owned outright, 46.7% were owned with a mortgage, and 18.7% were rented.^[1]

Education

Keysborough is home to several schools.

Primary schools include:

Chandler Park Primary School (formerly Maralinga and Chandler Primary Schools until they merged in 2010)^[6]
Keysborough Primary School (formerly Keysborough Park and Coomoora Primary Schools until merging in 2010)^[7]
Resurrection School, Keysborough^[8]
Keysborough Gardens Primary School (opened in 2020)^[9]^[10]

Secondary schools include:

Keysborough Secondary College

Colleges include:

Transport

Public transport in Keysborough is provided by buses operated by Ventura Bus Lines, under contract to Public Transport Victoria. A SmartBus service runs on Springvale Road.

Bus routes that go to or pass through Keysborough include:

More information No., Route ...

No.	Route
709	Mordialloc – Noble Park station via Keysborough South^[13]
811-812	Dandenong – Brighton via Southland SC^[14]
812	Dandenong – Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre^[15]
813	Dandenong – Waverley Gardens SC^[16]
816	Keysborough South – Noble Park Station^[17]
824	Moorabbin – Keysborough via Clayton & Westall^[18]
979	Clayton Station – Dandenong Station via Keysborough^[19]
828	Hampton - Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong^[20]

Close

Leisure

There are several parks and shopping centres in the vicinity of Keysborough. The major shopping centre in Keysborough is Parkmore Shopping Centre, which is operated by GPT (General Property Trust).

Sport

Keysborough also has various sporting clubs:

Tennis — The Keysborough Tennis Club offers courts for members and non-members^[21]
Football and Netball — Keysborough Football & Netball Club offers Australian rules football and netball. It competes in the Southern Football Netball League. It is also the location of Gaelic Park, the former home of the Victorian GAA for Hurling and Gaelic Football
Football (soccer) — Keysborough Soccer Club based at Coomoora Reserve competes in Division 4 of the Victorian State League
Basketball — Keysborough is represented in basketball at the state level by the Keysborough Cougars. The Cougars have a number of junior sides and a team in the Big V.^{[citation needed]}
Golf — Golfers play at the course of the Keysborough Golf Club on Hutton Road,^[22] or at the course of the Southern Golf Club on Lower Dandenong Road in neighbouring Braeside.^[23]
Dodgeball — Keysborough is also the home of the Victorian Dodgeball Association, whose annual event "Dodge Day Afternoon" is held at Springers Leisure Centre, just off Cheltenham Road, each October.^{[citation needed]}
Horse riding — Horse riding lessons and horse agistment (paddocks for hire) are available in Keysborough and the nearby suburb of Bangholme.^{[citation needed]}

Geography