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Keilor Lodge

Ranked #2 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for parks. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Melbourne
Keilor Lodge suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Parks98#2 of 216
Safety97#8 of 216
Value74#57 of 216
Green space74#33 of 216

Keilor Lodge suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
46
#124 of 216
Safety
97
#8 of 216
Wealth
68
#70 of 216
Value
74
#57 of 216
Parks
98
#2 of 216
Cafés
7
#205 of 216
Transit
30
#152 of 216
Green space
74
#33 of 216
Active & healthy
48
#123 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
56
#96 of 216

Keilor Lodge crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population1,668
Area0.74 km²
Postcode3038
Median household income$2,198/wk
Median rent$421/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$1,090,500 (low volume: 4 sales; up 15.9% YoY, up 22.5% QoQ)
Crime rate17.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 68% of offences are against property, 32% against the person
Parks9 (2.86 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)1 — 0 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 1.38 km, secondary 0.5 km
Families score79/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues8
Public transport stops8 (8 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunBrimbank parkrun (4.47 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Catholic Regional College North Keilor (0.61 km)

Sale prices: Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter — © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning / Valuer-General Victoria), Victorian Property Sales Report, CC BY 4.0. Quarterly median of sales settled in the quarter, per suburb. Figures marked as low-volume rest on fewer than 10 sales that quarter.

Who lives in Keilor Lodge

Population
1,668
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$2,198/wk
Median rent
$421/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$1,090,500

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Keilor Lodge — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Keilor Lodge

What is the postcode for Keilor Lodge?

The postcode for Keilor Lodge, Melbourne is 3038.

Is Keilor Lodge a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Keilor Lodge is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #2 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Keilor Lodge safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Melbourne, scoring 97/100 for safety and ranking #8 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 17 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.

Is Keilor Lodge good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 97/100, parks 98/100 and green space 74/100, with a median age of 44. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.4 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Melbourne families ranking for the full method.

Is Keilor Lodge expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,090,500 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 15.9% YoY, up 22.5% QoQ. Median rent is $421 a week, and household income ranks #70 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 74/100 for value.

Does Keilor Lodge have good public transport?

It scores 30/100 for transit, #152 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Keilor Lodge?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 74/100 for green space.

Is Keilor Lodge good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Brimbank parkrun, 4.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 46/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Melbourne: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-12). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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