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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox Australian place 
| type     = suburb
| name     = Keysborough
| city     = Melbourne
| state    = vic
| image    = Parkmore Entrance Keysborough.jpg
| caption  = Parkmore Shopping Centre, 2025
| lga      = City of Greater Dandenong
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| coordinates = {{coord|37.989|S|145.172|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 3173
| pop      = 30,018
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs21">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21339 | name = Keysborough (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 13 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| area     = 21.8
| est      = 
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Clarinda|Clarinda]]
| stategov2 = [[Electoral district of Dandenong|Dandenong]]
| stategov3 = [[Electoral district of Mordialloc|Mordialloc]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Isaacs|Isaacs]]
| dist1    = 27
| location1= [[Melbourne city centre|Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 6
| location2= [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]]
| near-nw  = [[Dingley Village, Victoria|Dingley Village]]
| near-n   = [[Springvale South, Victoria|Springvale South]]
| near-ne  = [[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]]
| near-w   = [[Braeside, Victoria|Braeside]]
| near-e   = [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]]
| near-sw  = [[Aspendale Gardens, Victoria|Aspendale Gardens]]
| near-s   = [[Bangholme, Victoria|Bangholme]]
| near-se  = [[Dandenong South, Victoria|Dandenong South]]
| local_map = yes
| zoom      = 11
}}

'''Keysborough''' is a suburb in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{cvt|27|km}} southeast of the [[Melbourne central business district]], located within the [[City of Greater Dandenong]] [[local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Keysborough recorded a population of 30,018 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<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, Victoria|Noble Park]] and [[Springvale South, Victoria|Springvale South]] generally features housing predominantly built from the 1960s extending well into the 1990s. The suburb's western boundary is [[State (Bell/Springvale) Highway|Springvale Road]] and eastern boundary is [[Dandenong Creek]]/[[EastLink (Melbourne)|EastLink]].

==History==
Keysborough was named after the Keys family who founded the town<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402232409/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=488 |title=Keys, John |date=2 April 2012}}</ref> sometime after 1878.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/keysborough|title=Keysborough|website=Victorian Places|language=en-AU|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref> The local post office opened as Noble Park South on 27 November 1973<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=vic&country=&filter=noble%20park%20south|website=Phoenix Auctions History|title=Post office List|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> until being renamed to Keysborough in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web| website = Phoenix Auctions History  | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=vic&country=&filter=keysborough | access-date = 12 July 2025}}</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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}

In 2017, Elmswood and Somerfield housing estates  were under development in southern Keysborough.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}

== Religion ==
Keysborough has a [[Gurdwara|gurudwara]], a Turkish [[mosque]], a [[Croatian Catholic]] [[Church (building)|Church]] and an [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] [[Church (building)|church]]

==Demographics==

At the [[2021 Australian Census|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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/chandler-park-primary-school-number-5533|title=Chandler Park Primary School|website=Victorian Schools Directory|publisher=State Government of Victoria|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
* Keysborough Primary School (formerly Keysborough Park and Coomoora Primary Schools until merging in 2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/keysborough-primary-school-2010-number-5534|title=Keysborough Primary School|website=Victorian Schools Directory|publisher=State Government of Victoria|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
* Resurrection School, Keysborough<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macs.vic.edu.au/SchoolInformation.aspx?School_ENumber=E1286|website=Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools|access-date=12 July 2025|title=Resurrection School, Keysborough}}</ref>
* Keysborough Gardens Primary School (opened in 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vic.gov.au/keysborough-gardens-primary-school-number-5572|website=Victorian Schools Directory|publisher=State Government of Victoria|access-date=12 July 2025|title=Keysborough Gardens Primary School}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://keysboroughgardensps.vic.edu.au/ |title=Keysborough Gardens Primary School|access-date=12 July 2025|website=www.keysboroughgardensps.vic.edu.au}}</ref>

Secondary schools include:

* [[Keysborough Secondary College]]

Colleges include:

* [[Haileybury College, Melbourne|Haileybury College]]
* [[Lighthouse Christian College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myschool.edu.au/school/46315|title=Lighthouse Christian College, Keysborough, VIC|website=myschool.edu.au|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
* [[Sirius College]]
* Mount Hira College<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myschool.edu.au/school/46359|website=myschool.edu.au|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)|access-date=12 July 2025|title=Mt Hira College, Keysborough, VIC}}</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:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Route
|-
|709||Mordialloc – [[Noble Park railway station|Noble Park station]] via Keysborough South<ref>{{Cite PTV route|709|access-date=13 July 2025|mode=bus}}</ref>
|-
|811-812|| Dandenong – Brighton via [[Westfield Southland|Southland SC]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/5748/811-812-combined-dandenong-brighton-via-southland-sc|title=811-812 combined Dandenong – Brighton via Southland SC|website=PTV|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|812||Dandenong – Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre<ref>{{Cite PTV route|812|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|813||Dandenong – Waverley Gardens SC<ref>{{Cite PTV route|813|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|816||Keysborough South – Noble Park Station<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15224/816-keysborough-south-noble-park-station|title=816 Keysborough South – Noble Park Station|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|824||Moorabbin – Keysborough via Clayton & Westall<ref>{{Cite PTV route|824|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|979||[[Clayton railway station, Melbourne|Clayton Station]] – Dandenong Station via Keysborough<ref>{{Cite PTV route|979|access-date=13 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|828||Hampton - Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/route/15680/828-hampton-berwick-station-via-southland-sc-and-dandenong|title=828 Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong|access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>
|}

==Leisure==

[[Image:Parkmore SC.JPG|thumbnail|right|Parkmore Shopping Centre in Keysborough, 2008]]

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 [[General Property Trust|GPT (General Property Trust)]].

===Sport===
Keysborough also has various sporting clubs:

*'''Tennis''' — The Keysborough Tennis Club offers courts for members and non-members<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.keysboroughtennisclub.com.au/About-us|title=About Us|website=Keysborough Tennis Club|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>
*'''Football and Netball''' — [[Keysborough Football Club|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 [[Gaelic Games Victoria|Victorian GAA]] for [[Hurling]] and [[Gaelic Football]]
*'''Football (soccer)''' — Keysborough Soccer Club based at Coomoora Reserve competes in [[Victorian State League#Division 4|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|date=July 2025}}
*'''Golf''' — Golfers play at the course of the Keysborough Golf Club on Hutton Road,<ref name = "golf">{{Cite web | website= Golf Select | title = Keysborough | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=285 | access-date = 11 May 2009 }}</ref> or at the course of the Southern Golf Club on Lower Dandenong Road in neighbouring [[Braeside, Victoria|Braeside]].<ref name = "golf2">{{Cite web  | website= Golf Select | title = Southern | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=324 | access-date = 11 May 2009 }}</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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
*'''Horse riding''' — Horse riding lessons and horse agistment (paddocks for hire) are available in Keysborough and the nearby suburb of Bangholme.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}

==See also==
* [[City of Springvale]] – Keysborough was previously within this former local government area.

==References==
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{{City of Greater Dandenong suburbs}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Melbourne]]
[[Category:Suburbs of the City of Greater Dandenong]]