Population 13,259 (2011 census) State electorate(s) Niddrie Area 9.5 km² Federal division Division of Maribyrnong | Postcode(s) 3033 Keilor East Niddrie Postal code 3033 | |
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Location 16 km (10 mi) from Melbourne LGA(s) City of Brimbank
City of Moonee Valley | ||
Keilor East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-west of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government areas are the Cities of Brimbank and Moonee Valley. At the 2011 Census, Keilor East had a population of 13,259.
Contents
- Map of Keilor East VIC 3033 Australia
- History
- Commerce
- Transport
- Education
- Notable people from East Keilor
- Sporting facilities
- References
Map of Keilor East VIC 3033, Australia
Keilor East is bounded in the west by the Maribyrnong River in the City of Brimbank, in the north by the Calder Freeway, in the east by Hoffmans Road, and in the south by Buckley Street, Steele Creek and Rose Hill Road.
History
Keilor East Post Office opened on 1 July 1947. This was renamed Niddrie in 1956, and a new Keilor East office opened in November 1957. Lincolnville Post Office on McFarlane Street opened in 1964 and closed in 1988.
Keilor East was previously located in the former City of Keilor, though now sits partially in the City of Brimbank (west of the Albion-Jacana railway line) and the remainder in the City of Moonee Valley (east of the Albion-Jacana railway line).
Commerce
East Keilor contains the Milleara Shopping Centre (previously named and still commonly known as Milleara Mall), on the corner of Milleara Road and Buckley Street, as well as the small Centreway Shopping Centre and Dinah Parade shopping strip.
Centreway Shopping Centre's claim to fame is that it was, the home of the original JB Hi-Fi store founded by John Barbuto.
Transport
The following bus routes service Keilor East:
A Keilor East station is a proposed station on proposed Melbourne Airport line. If this line goes ahead it will run along the existing Albion-Jacana railway line from Albion Station, through the suburbs of Sunshine North and Keilor East before branching off towards Melbourne Airport.
Large parts of the suburb are under the flight path of nearby Melbourne Airport which is curfew-free.
Education
Keilor East has a public primary school, Keilor Heights Primary School, St. Peters School, a private primary school, a campus of the public secondary school Essendon Keilor College, and a campus of the private Uniting Church school Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School.
Keilor East had many more schools in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Lincolnville Primary School, Keilor South Primary School and Overland Primary School. Lincolnville and Keilor South merged in 1988 to form Rosehill Park Primary School (on the former Keilor South Primary School site). At the end of 1993, Rosehill Park and Overland were forced to close down by the State Liberal Government of Jeff Kennett, with Keilor Heights absorbing most of their students.