Keysborough vs Taylors Lakes

The median house price is $1M in Keysborough and $990K in Taylors Lakes, so Taylors Lakes is the cheaper entry point, with Keysborough houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Keysborough sits at a median of $710K against $625K in Taylors Lakes, which makes Taylors Lakes the more affordable unit market and Keysborough the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +3.2% in Keysborough and +8.3% in Taylors Lakes, so recent momentum favours Taylors Lakes, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Keysborough houses are +9.6% and Taylors Lakes houses +7.4%, so Keysborough has compounded faster than Taylors Lakes over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Keysborough and 1.5% in Taylors Lakes, so landlords in Keysborough face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Keysborough is the bigger suburb, with a population of 30,018 against 15,174, larger than Taylors Lakes; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Taylors Lakes for a lower purchase price, Taylors Lakes for recent price momentum, Keysborough for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.