Keilor Downs, Victoria

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Keilor Downs
Melbourne, Victoria
Population: 10,966 (2006)[1]
Postcode: 3038
Area: 4.7 km² (1.8 sq mi)
Property Value: AUD $420,000 Houses $277,000 Units[2]
Location: 17 km (11 mi) from Melbourne
LGA: City of Brimbank
State District: Keilor
Federal Division: Gorton
Suburbs around Keilor Downs:
Sydenham Taylors Lakes Keilor
Delahey Keilor Downs Keilor
St Albans St Albans Kealba

Keilor Downs is a suburb 20km north-west of Melbourne's CBD, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank. It is believed to have had a large Aboriginal settlement which has since dissipated.

The suburb's main shopping centre is Centro Keilor (known as Keilor Downs Plaza prior to Centro Properties Group's acquisition in 1990, and refurbished in 1998). The suburb is home to a Brimbank Leisure Centre (gym, indoor/outdoor pools, etc.), Keilor Downs Police Station and a community centre. There are also several schools, child care centres, churches and parks in the area.

The local soccer team is the Maltese community-backed Green Gully Cavaliers. There is also a large Croatian community in the area.

The bus routes through Keilor Downs are the 421 and the 419, which both depart from St Albans station and end up at Watergardens station in Taylors lakes.

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[edit] Schools in Keilor Downs

  • Mary MacKillop Primary School
  • Monmia Primary School
  • Keilor Downs Primary School
  • Keilor Downs College

[edit] See also

  • City of Keilor - the former local government area of which Keilor Downs was a part.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Keilor Downs (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
  2. ^ Keilor Downs, accessed 27 November 2006

[edit] External links

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