Keilor East, Victoria
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Keilor East Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Keilor East
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| Coordinates | 37°44′30″S 144°51′47″E / 37.74167°S 144.86306°ECoordinates: 37°44′30″S 144°51′47″E / 37.74167°S 144.86306°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 13,259 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,396/km2 (3,615/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3033 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 16 km (10 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Niddrie | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Maribyrnong | ||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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).
Keilor East 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.
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.
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