Keilor East vs Kingsville
Property investment comparison - Keilor East, VIC 3033 vs Kingsville, VIC 3012
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Keilor East wins 3, Kingsville wins 2. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Keilor East | Kingsville |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| Median unit price | $710K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.84% | 3.30% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.30% | 5.05% |
| 1-year house growth | +10.8% | -3.5%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +15.4% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 0.8% | 1.6% |
| Population | 15,078 | 3,920 |
Keilor East vs Kingsville: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.1M in Keilor East and $1.1M in Kingsville, so Keilor East is the cheaper entry point, with Kingsville houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, Kingsville leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.30%, compared with 2.84% in Keilor East, a gap of 0.46 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +10.8% in Keilor East and -3.5% in Kingsville (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Keilor East, while Kingsville went backwards.
Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Keilor East and 1.6% in Kingsville, so landlords in Keilor East face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Keilor East is the bigger suburb, with a population of 15,078 against 3,920, roughly 3.8 times the size of Kingsville; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Kingsville for rental income, Keilor East for a lower purchase price, Keilor East for recent price momentum, Keilor East for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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