Median price trend for houses
Based on 365 sales in the preceding 12 months
$730,000
Up 4.3% over 12 months
- 1 bed
- $680k
- 2 bed
- $582k
- 3 bed
- $700k
- 4 bed
- $804k
- 5+ bed
- $950k
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The quick read on
Cranbourne
VIC 3977 · Casey
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $730,000
- Median unit
- $557,000
- Population
- 21,281
- Postcode
- 3977
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ABS 2021
Cranbourne, Victoria
Property market insights for Cranbourne
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Cranbourne VIC
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 393 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$525 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Cranbourne, VIC is currently $730,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Cranbourne has a 12-month growth rate of 4.3% for houses and 10.3% for units.
One-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $680,000, Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $582,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $700,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $804,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $950,000 in Cranbourne.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Cranbourne is $525 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Cranbourne is $557,000, which has increased 10.3% since the same time last year. Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $515,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $615,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $702,000 in Cranbourne. The median rent for units and apartments in Cranbourne is $475 per week and has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Cranbourne safe?
The overall rate for Cranbourne is 2,430 offences per 100,000 residents — 39% below the Greater Melbourne benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Cranbourne.
Overall crime rate
2,430
offences per 100,000 residents
39% belowGreater Melbourne
CranbourneGreater Melbourne: 4,001
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Cranbourne?
Cranbourne VIC 3977 is in Victoria, within Greater Melbourne.
21,281 people call Cranbourne home, with an average of 2.7 people per household and a median household income of $1,477 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 21,281
- Median age
- 35 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,627 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $342 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Melbourne benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1520.2%Above
15–3429.6%Above
35–5426.7%Below
55–7418.8%In line
75 and over4.6%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses80.0%Above
Townhouses16.1%In line
Apartments3.7%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright23.7%Below
Paying a mortgage41.5%Above
Renting34.7%Above
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car5.8%Below
One car35.7%Below
Two cars37.4%In line
Three or more21.0%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home12.0%Below
Drove to work64.0%Above
Train, tram or bus2.4%Below
Walked or cycled1.1%Below
What stands out in Cranbourne
12.0% of workers in Cranbourne worked from home on Census day — about half the rate across Greater Melbourne.
7.2% of Cranbourne residents were born in India.
35.2% of people in Cranbourne described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Cranbourne
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Cranbourne VIC 3977.
Is Cranbourne family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
20.2% of Cranbourne's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
5,448 family households lived in Cranbourne; 45.2% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.
41.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Cranbourne?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Cranbourne had 21,281 residents at the 2021 Census.
30.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
23.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Cranbourne?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 80.0% of occupied private dwellings in Cranbourne.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.1% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 3.7% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Cranbourne?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
23.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
41.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
34.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Cranbourne?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Cranbourne had 2.7 people.
One-person households made up 24.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
Two-person households represented 29.4%, while 28.7% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Cranbourne?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
12.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
64.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Cranbourne?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.
One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.
58.4% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Cranbourne, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.
33.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Cranbourne?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
61.8% of residents used only English at home.
30.3% used a language other than English at home.
1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.6% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Cranbourne residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
33.5% of Cranbourne's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.5% was born in Australia.
0.8% of residents were born in China.
7.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.4%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Cranbourne?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 27.7% of ancestry responses in Cranbourne.
Australian ancestry made up 26.6% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 2.4% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Cranbourne?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
10.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.
Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.0%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Cranbourne?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 60.0%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.
33.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Cranbourne show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.
10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
9.2% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Cranbourne?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.8%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Cranbourne?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,477 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,627.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $342 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Cranbourne compare with Greater Melbourne?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 12.0% in Cranbourne, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.
Outright ownership was 23.7% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
Renting accounted for 34.7% in Cranbourne, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Cranbourne
Is Cranbourne expensive?
The median house price is $730,000, while units and apartments sit at $557,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Cranbourne good for families?
The Census counted 5,448 local families, and 20.2% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Cranbourne?
Larger houses have a median around $950,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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Streets and suburbs around Cranbourne
371 streets in Cranbourne
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Ainsleigh Ct
- Alder
- Aleppo Pl
- Alexander St
- Amstel
- Anne Ct
- Ardmore St
- Aries St
- Arklow Ct
- Arleon Cr
- Arnold St
- Arundel St
- Ash St
- Ashton Ct
- Athena Ct
- Atlanta
- Augusta Cl
- Averne St
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- Aviara
- Aztec Pl
- Baildor Ct
- Bakewell St
- Ballarto Rd
- Banff Walk
- Banks Rd
- Barilla Ct
- Barkly St
- Baystone Dr
- Belfort Ln
- Bellarine Dr
- Belmar St
- Belvoir Ct
- Bendigo Ct
- Bengal Ct
- Bethpage Ln
- Binding Ave
- Birkdale Ave
- Black Wattle
- Blainroe Cr
- Blanche Cl
- Bond Ct
- Boronia Ave
- Bourke Rd
- Bowen St
- Braestar St
- Broadleaf
- Broadstone
- Brookland Greens Bvd
- Bruce St
- Brumby Ct
- Brunt St
- Bundjil Ct
- Bundoran Ave
- Bunker Court
- Bunurong Pl
- Burberry Pl
- Butler Ct
- Caddie St
- Cameron Street
- Camms Rd
- Campbell Pde
- Candice Gr
- Canterbury St
- Capilano Ln
- Carmody Ct
- Carol Ave
- Carole Ct
- Casper Cct
- Casper Street
- Cemetery Rd
- Cemetine Tce
- Cherryhills Dr
- Childers St
- Chisholm Ct
- Chomley St
- Christine St
- Circle Dr North
- Circle Dr South
- Clairmont Ave
- Clarendon St
- Clayton Rd
- Clegg St
- Cleopatra Dr
- Cochrane St
- Codrington St
- Concord Pl
- Connie Ct
- Conway Ct
- Cooper Ct
- Copley St
- Coronet Ct
- Cranberry Pl
- Cranbourne Dr
- Cranbourne-Frankston Rd
- Cranbourne Pl
- Cupit St
- Curtis Ct
- Cyril Beechey Ln
- Dalray Ct
- Damian Ct
- Darcy Ct
- David Ave
- Dearing Ave
- Delmont Court
- Delta Ct
- Denistoun Cr
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- Diamante Ln
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- Dryandra Pl
- Duff St
- Dunbar Ave
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- Durnoch Pl
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- Earlston Cct
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- Elgin
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- Emoh Cl
- Evelyne Ave
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- Fernhill Ave
- Firestone
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- Forelle
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- Glenbourne Rd
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- Gordon St
- Gracehill
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- Hailstone Court
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- Hector Dr
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- High St
- Highview Ave
- Hilda
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- Honey Myrtle
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- Howqua Pl
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- Hudson St
- Huey Circuit
- Huntingdale Cl
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- Indie Circuit
- Ingamells St
- Iron
- Isaac Smith Cr
- Jamela Ct
- James Cook Dr
- Jamie Cl
- Jane-Maree Pl
- Jillian St
- Jockey Ln
- Joseph Banks Cr
- Kalyptos
- Kankie Street
- Kara
- Karri Dr
- Kawana
- Ketnor St
- Kildare
- Kingdom Dr
- Kingsbarn Ct
- Kings Ct
- Kingsvale Ct
- Kirpi Ln
- Kirren Cl
- Klass Rd
- Kulin Cl
- Kurt Pl
- Lahinch Gr
- Lamb St
- Lamont Cr
- Lane
- Langer Cct
- Latrobe St
- Laurie Cleary Ln
- Lawson Cl
- Leanne Ct
- Lecky St
- Leo Place
- Lesdon Ave
- Lillian St
- Lily Pl
- Lochgreen
- Loch St
- Longhirst Ave
- Lorna St
- Lurline Street
- Luxor Ct
- Lyall St
- Lytham Ct
- Macarthur Dr
- Macey St
- Majestic Bvd
- Mallory Ct
- Mariposa Gr
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- Marnebeck Ct
- Martin Pl
- Marylyn Pl
- Maybush Ln
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- Mccomb Ln
- Mcgavin
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- Mclaren Ave
- Medusa Ct
- Merion Vsta
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- Monahans Rd
- Muirfield Cl
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- Mundaring Dr
- Murray Ct
- Nanea
- Naomi Ct
- Narre Warren-Cranbourne Rd
- Narre Warren Rd
- Neeroonda Pl
- Nile Cr
- Normanby St
- Norwood Ct
- Orion Ave
- Otooles Rd
- Pagoda Pl
- Parkstone Vsta
- Pebblebeach
- Pepperbush Cct
- Pharaoh Dr
- Phoenix Ave
- Portrush Tce
- Powerscout Rtt
- Prestwick
- Putter Rd
- Rawls St
- Rimfire Cr
- Rivette Ct
- Roberts Rd
- Robusta Ave
- Roma Ave
- Ronneback
- Rosalie Ave
- Rose Ln
- Rosslare Pl
- Rouse St
- Ruffy Dr
- Russell St
- Ryder St
- Salway Cl
- Sandview Pl
- Sarno Ct
- Satin St
- Saunton Dr
- Scioto St
- Scott St
- Seacombe Pl
- Shandon Cl
- Sharpe St
- Sidney St
- Silky Oak Dr
- Silver Banksia Bvd
- Silvergum Pl
- Silverstone Dr
- Sladen Street
- Smethurst St
- Smiths Ln
- Snead Bvd
- Sottile Dr
- South Anderson Ct
- South Charles Ct
- South Gippsland Hwy
- Sparrow St
- Springhill Dr
- Spring Water Cr
- Stanley St
- Station St
- Stawell St
- Stevensons Rd
- St Mellion Ct
- Stonehaven Ave
- Strafford Ave
- Stringer Ave
- Sunbird Ave
- Sunningdale Cr
- Susan Ct
- Tabby Street
- Taddor Dr
- Talara Ct
- Tamworth Ct
- Taylor St
- Tech
- Ted St
- The Belfry
- Thomas Cr
- Thompsons Road
- Titch St
- Toirram Cr
- Tongola Ct
- Topp St
- Tramore Tce
- Tucker St
- Tulip Gr
- Valda Ct
- Valencia Cct
- Valepark Cr
- Valerie Dr
- Valma Ave
- Vega Tce
- Venus Pl
- Violet
- Virginia St
- Wallace Rd
- Walter St
- Wang Ct
- Waterbury St
- Waterville Vsta
- Westport Gr
- Whethered Court
- Whitcombe
- Wicklow Dr
- Wilam Ct
- William St
- Willow Glen Bvd
- Wilson Ct
- Wood Ct
- Woodright Cct
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