Keilor vs Rowville
Property investment comparison - Keilor, VIC 3036 vs Rowville, VIC 3178
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Keilor wins 2, Rowville wins 3. 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 | Rowville |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Median unit price | $670K | $760K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.91% | - |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.02% | 4.51% |
| 1-year house growth | +4.7%estimate | +8.0% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +9.5% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| Population | 5,906 | 33,571 |
Keilor vs Rowville: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.2M in Keilor and $1.2M in Rowville, so Rowville is the cheaper entry point.
For units, Keilor sits at a median of $670K against $760K in Rowville, which makes Keilor the more affordable unit market and Rowville the pricier one.
Over the past year house prices moved +4.7% in Keilor (an estimate) and +8.0% in Rowville, so recent momentum favours Rowville, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 1.5%.
Rowville is the bigger suburb, with a population of 33,571 against 5,906, roughly 6 times the size of Keilor; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Rowville for a lower purchase price, Rowville for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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