Keysborough is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 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 . sometime after 1878. The local post office opened as Noble Park South on 27 November 1973 until being renamed to Keysborough in 1978.
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.
In 2017, Elmswood and Somerfield housing estates were under development in southern Keysborough.
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.
- Keysborough Primary School (formerly Keysborough Park and Coomoora Primary Schools until merging in 2010)
- Resurrection School, Keysborough
- Keysborough Gardens Primary School (opened in 2020)
Secondary schools include:
- Keysborough Secondary College
Colleges include:
- Haileybury College
- Lighthouse Christian College
- Sirius College
- Mount Hira College
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:
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! No. !! Route
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|709||Mordialloc – Noble Park station via Keysborough South
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|811-812|| Dandenong – Brighton via Southland SC
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|812||Dandenong – Brighton via Parkmore Shopping Centre
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|813||Dandenong – Waverley Gardens SC
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|816||Keysborough South – Noble Park Station
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|824||Moorabbin – Keysborough via Clayton & Westall
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|979||Clayton Station – Dandenong Station via Keysborough
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|828||Hampton - Berwick Station via Southland SC & Dandenong
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Leisure
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 GPT (General Property Trust).
Sport
Keysborough also has various sporting clubs:
- Tennis — The Keysborough Tennis Club offers courts for members and non-members
- 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.
- Golf — Golfers play at the course of the Keysborough Golf Club on Hutton Road, or at the course of the Southern Golf Club on Lower Dandenong Road in neighbouring Braeside.
- 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.
- Horse riding — Horse riding lessons and horse agistment (paddocks for hire) are available in Keysborough and the nearby suburb of Bangholme.
See also
- City of Springvale – Keysborough was previously within this former local government area.