Keilor Park, Victoria
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| Keilor Park Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 2848 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3042 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.3 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $308,000 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 17 km from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brimbank | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Niddrie | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
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Keilor Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank.
It is situated in the midst of the Calder, Tullamarine and Western Ring Road freeways. This makes travel to the city, airport and other north/western locations quick and easy. There is a kindergarten, government primary school, and shops including a pizza/kebab shop, supermarket/liquor store, pharmacy, bakery, fish and chippery and service station. Famous people among the area are Joe Misiti who started his football career at the Keilor Park Football club, he can still be seen coming down to the oval to watch a match or two.
According to the 2001 ABS Census, 39% of the population is of Italian or Greek descent. The median age of the area is 37, though more of the population is below 35 or in their 50s. The most common sector of employment for men is manufacturing (25% of men) and for women retail (21% of women).
The suburb is serviced by bus routes 476 (Moonee Ponds to Hillside via Taylors Lakes / Watergardens Shopping Centre) and 465 (Keilor Park to Essendon via East Keilor). Bus route 465 provides a connection to the train network at Essendon Station on the Broadeadows line.
The suburb is home to the oft overlooked Keilor Botanic Gardens.
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
| Suburbs of the City of Brimbank | |
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Albanvale | Albion | Ardeer | Cairnlea | Calder Park | Deer Park | Delahey | Derrimut | Hillside | Kealba | Keilor | Keilor Downs | Keilor Lodge | Keilor North | Keilor Park | Kings Park | St Albans | Sunshine | Sunshine North | Sunshine West | Sydenham | Taylors Lakes | |
