Keysborough
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Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Template:Cvt southeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area. Keysborough recorded a population of 30,018 at the Template:CensusAU.<ref name=abs21/>
Geography
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<ref>Template:Webarchive</ref> sometime after 1878.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The local post office opened as Noble Park South on 27 November 1973<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> until being renamed to Keysborough in 1978.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.Template:Citation needed
In 2017, Elmswood and Somerfield housing estates were under development in southern Keysborough.Template: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.<ref name="abs21"/>
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%.<ref name="abs21"/>
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%).<ref name="abs21"/>
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%).<ref name="abs21"/>
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.<ref name="abs21"/>
Tenure type
31.8% of homes in the suburb were owned outright, 46.7% were owned with a mortgage, and 18.7% were rented.<ref name="abs21"/>
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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Keysborough Primary School (formerly Keysborough Park and Coomoora Primary Schools until merging in 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Resurrection School, Keysborough<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Keysborough Gardens Primary School (opened in 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Secondary schools include:
Colleges include:
- Haileybury College
- Lighthouse Christian College<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Sirius College
- Mount Hira College<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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:
| No. | Route |
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| 709 | Mordialloc – Noble Park station via Keysborough South<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> |
| 811-812 | Dandenong – Brighton via Southland SC<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 812 | Dandenong – Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> |
| 813 | Dandenong – Waverley Gardens SC<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> |
| 816 | Keysborough South – Noble Park Station<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 824 | Moorabbin – Keysborough via Clayton & Westall<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> |
| 979 | Clayton Station – Dandenong Station via Keysborough<ref>Template:Cite PTV route</ref> |
| 828 | Hampton - Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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.Template:Citation needed
- Golf — Golfers play at the course of the Keysborough Golf Club on Hutton Road,<ref name = "golf">Template:Cite web</ref> or at the course of the Southern Golf Club on Lower Dandenong Road in neighbouring Braeside.<ref name = "golf2">Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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.Template:Citation needed
- Horse riding — Horse riding lessons and horse agistment (paddocks for hire) are available in Keysborough and the nearby suburb of Bangholme.Template:Citation needed
See also
- City of Springvale – Keysborough was previously within this former local government area.