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Airport West

Victoria · Keilor · Melbourne - North West

This profile uses the ABS Airport West statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.

Airport West is a locality in the Keilor area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Airport West SA2.

Where in VIC
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At a glance
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Schools
2
Top ICSEA 1052 (gov)
Childcare
8
NQS-rated services
Recorded incidents
849
+16% vs prior year
Median house
$915,000
-7.0% YoY
Population
8,783
+2.0% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the Airport West SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Niddrie Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Airport West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 299
ICSEA 1052
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Airport West (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Christopher's School
Catholic 727 students
ICSEA 1083 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).

Schools in Airport West

Live

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

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  • Bimbi Early Learning and Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 62 places · Airport West
    Exceeding NQS
  • Keilor Park Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 33 places · Keilor Park
    Exceeding NQS
  • Nido Early School Airport West
    Centre-Based Care · 110 places · Airport West
    Meeting NQS
  • Big Childcare - St Christopher's PS OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 90 places · Airport West
    Meeting NQS
  • TeamKids - Niddrie Primary
    Centre-Based Care · 79 places · Niddrie
    Meeting NQS
  • Airport West Early Learning Co-operative
    Centre-Based Care · 48 places · Airport West
    Meeting NQS
  • St John Bosco’s OSHC,Niddrie
    Centre-Based Care · 45 places · Niddrie
    Meeting NQS
  • Niddrie Autistic School Berry Street Yooralla OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Niddrie
    Not yet rated

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register

Safety — recorded incidents

Live
Incidents, latest year
849
vs previous year
+16%
vs 2021
601
  • Property and deception offences 636
  • Crimes against the person 80
  • Justice procedures offences 63
  • Drug offences 37
  • Public order and security offences 33

Police-recorded incident counts (Years ending December; latest = year ending December 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria
The neighbourhood

Amenities

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GPs / clinics
0
Supermarkets
4
Parks
18
Train stations
0

Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Airport West SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Climate & hazards

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Flood overlay
Within an official flood overlay (inundation / floodway / overland) · 3% of the SA2

This shows whether the Airport West SA2 intersects an official Victorian government hazard overlay, and the share of the SA2 area it covers. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.

Source: Vicmap Planning, © State of Victoria (DEECA) — CC BY 4.0
Money

Property & rent

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Median house price
$915,000
House price YoY
-7.0%
Median 3BR house rent
Source: Valuer-General VIC Q2 2025 · DFFH Sep 2025
Population & growth
Population
8,783
Jun 2025
1yr growth
+2.00%
2024→25
Net change
+171
people / yr
Density
2,361
people / km²

Where did the gain come from?

+171
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+61
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
+41
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+69

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Airport West
+2.00%
VIC median
+0.90%
National median
+0.80%