Botanic RidgeVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3977 · Casey
Daily life in Botanic Ridge is likely to be centered around family activities, given the high percentage of family households. Commuting is primarily done by car, with 61.6% of residents driving to work, while only 1.6% use public transport. A notable 19.9% of the workforce works from home, slightly below the Victorian average of 25.7%, suggesting a balance between remote and on-site work. The community is predominantly English-speaking, with 87.9% of households speaking only English at home.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Botanic Ridge
Houses · The median house in Botanic Ridge went for $999,000 over the 12 months to August 2026, dearer than 62% of the suburbs we cover. That is 10.9% up on the twelve months before, on 134 sales.
Most sales sit between $885,000 and $1,140,000, with the median in the middle.
Houses
$999k
median of 134 sales
10.9% up on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 62% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $885k and $1.14m.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Townhouses
$640k
median of 6 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $636k and $651k.
Last sold within the past month
Land
$588k
median of 6 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $502k and $659k.
Last sold two to four months ago
146 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · The longer arc runs $920,000 in 2022 to $999,000 now, a gain of 8.6%.
- Houses
- Townhouses
- Land
Dashed lines and hollow points are part years — incomplete, so a dip may only mean fewer sales have happened yet. A break in a line is a year with no published figure, not a fall to zero.
| Year | Houses | Townhouses | Land |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $1.04m | $640k | |
| 2025 · part year | $930k | $600k | $563k |
| 2024 | $903k | $468k | |
| 2023 | $873k | $452k | |
| 2022 | $920k | $515k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $1.01m | 31 | -8% |
| 2026 Q1 | $1.10m | 34 | +15.6% |
| 2025 Q4 | $950k | 46 | -2.1% |
A change is marked low confidence where either quarter had fewer than 30 sales. The medians are real; with a handful of sales the movement between them is mostly which homes happened to change hands, not the market moving.
Last 12 months
What an extra bedroom costs in Botanic Ridge
Houses
In Botanic Ridge, over the last 12 months, a four-bedroom house has a median of $1 million from 95 sales, while a three-bedroom house has a median of $768,000 from 24 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $768k | 24 · few |
| 4 | $1.00m | 95 |
| 5 | $1.26m | 13 · few |
Townhouses
In Botanic Ridge, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom townhouse has a median of $640,000 from 6 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $640k | 6 · few |
Counts with fewer than five sales are left out rather than estimated, and bigger does not always mean dearer — a bedroom count with few sales can be pulled either way by the particular homes that happened to change hands.
1 school · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Botanic Ridge
All schools · Botanic Ridge has a single school, with 445 students.
Schools here
1
1 primary
Students, all schools
445
2025
At primary schoolsStudents at schools whose type is “Primary”. It excludes children in primary years at a Prep-to-12 college — they are counted in the tile beside this one. This number answers “are the primary schools here filling or emptying?”
+378.5%
445 students · five years
Children in primary yearsChildren in Years 1–6 at any school, including Prep-to-12 colleges. This answers “are there still young families here?” — a different question from the tile on the left, which is why the two can move in opposite directions.
Prep and ungraded students are counted separately again; see the chart below.
+514.5%
381 · Years 1–6, anywhere
6 years · two ways to read them
Enrolments, 2020–2025
The same students, counted two ways — by the kind of school they attend, and by the year they are in. They answer different questions and can point in different directions. Both views are in the page; the buttons only change which is visible.
Enrolments in Botanic Ridge have grown 378.5% over 5 years.
- Primary schools
Show data table
| Year | Primary schools |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 93 |
| 2021 | 186 |
| 2022 | 273 |
| 2023 | 344 |
| 2024 | 410 |
| 2025 | 445 |
Which schools in Botanic Ridge are filling and which are emptying. A school that covers Prep to Year 12 is counted once, in its own line — its primary-age students are not in the primary schools line.
- Years 1–6
- Prep & ungradedTwo groups that sit outside the numbered year levels: Prep — the first year of school, which the national data does not number — and ungraded students at specialist schools, who are not placed in a year level at all.
A suburb with a specialist school will have a large line here.
Show data table
| Year | Years 1–6 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 62 | 31 | 93 |
| 2021 | 111 | 75 | 186 |
| 2022 | 201 | 72 | 273 |
| 2023 | 263 | 81 | 344 |
| 2024 | 323 | 87 | 410 |
| 2025 | 381 | 64 | 445 |
This counts children by the year they are in, not by the kind of school they attend — so a Prep-to-12 college contributes to every line. The three add up to every student in the suburb.
2025 · ACARA
The school in Botanic Ridge
Ordered by size, not by results — 1 government, 0 Catholic and 0 independent. Schools with more than one campus are counted once.
What these columns mean
- Type
- Prep-to-12 is one school a child can start and finish at without changing schools. Specialist schools also appear as Prep-to-12.
- 5 yr
- Change in enrolments against five years ago, not against last year. Enrolments move slowly, so a single year is mostly noise.
| School | Sector | Type | Students | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botanic Ridge Primary School | Government | Primary | 445 | +378.5% | — |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Botanic Ridge
4 government catchments cover Botanic Ridge — 2 secondary and 2 primary — so which one applies depends on the address, not the suburb.
| CatchmentThe area around a government school where living there guarantees your child a place. Boundaries follow streets, not suburb lines, so an address near the edge of a suburb may be zoned elsewhere. They are redrawn each year. | Level |
|---|---|
| Cranbourne Secondary College | Secondary |
| Cranbourne West Secondary College | Secondary |
| Botanic Ridge Primary School | Primary |
| Cranbourne South Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Botanic Ridge is a suburb with a population of 6,735, characterized by a young median age of 32, compared to the Victorian average of 38. The community is predominantly composed of families, with 58.6% of households being couples with children and an average household size of 3.2 people. The area is largely owner-occupied, with 69.9% of homes owned with a mortgage and only 12.3% rented, which is significantly lower than the Victorian rental average of 28.5%. The suburb exhibits a strong sense of community with 95.6% of dwellings being separate houses, indicating a preference for spacious living environments.
Buyer fit
Who this suburb suits
One score per buyer type, out of 100, built from the demographic, housing and commute profile. Strongest first.
Buyer-fit score
Botanic Ridge · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| Professionals | 70 |
| Retirees | 65 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
| Investors | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households at 91.1%
- Spacious living with an average of 3.9 bedrooms per dwelling
- Predominantly owner-occupied homes at 69.9%
- Low unemployment rate of 2.0%
Against the state
How Botanic Ridge differs from Victoria
Every bar is this suburb. The vertical tick is the Victorian figure — the gap between them is the story.
Housing & movement
What’s built here, and how people leave in the morning
Dwelling mix
Share of occupied private dwellings
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| Dwelling type | Share |
|---|---|
| Separate houses | 95.6% |
| Townhouses | 4.1% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 19.9% |
| Drove a car | 61.6% |
| Public transport | 1.6% |
| Car passenger | 2.6% |
Costs 2021 Census
Census figures, collected in 2021. Rents and repayments have moved since — for what property is selling for now, see .
Top occupations
Share of the employed workforce
Key highlights
- Low unemployment rate at 2.0% compared to the Victorian average of 5.0%
- High median household income of $2,552 weekly, above the Victorian average of $1,759
- Predominantly Australian-born population at 81.1%
- High percentage of separate houses at 95.6% (vs VIC 73.4%)
- Significant number of professionals at 17.8% of the workforce
Things to be aware of
- Lower percentage of residents with bachelor's degrees or higher at 18.7% (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Limited public transport usage at 1.6%
- High mortgage commitments with a median monthly mortgage of $2,200
- Lower work-from-home percentage than the state average
- Potential for limited cultural diversity with 87.9% speaking only English at home
Coming soon to this page
Where the richer profile lands
Schools & catchments
Zoned primary and secondary, NAPLAN bands, distances.
Transport & access
Stations, tram routes, drive time to the CBD, walkability.
Development activity
Permits approved, projects underway, zoning changes.
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Demographic figures from the Census of Population and Housing © Australian Bureau of Statistics, used under Creative Commons Attribution.
Cadastral and boundary data contains information © State of Victoria (Vicmap), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Narrative summaries are AI-generated from the underlying data and may contain errors.
School details, enrolments and senior secondary results from the National Schools Data Collection © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).
School catchment boundaries contain information © State of Victoria (Department of Education), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Informational only — not financial, legal or planning advice. Verify zoning, overlays and catchments with the relevant council before relying on them. Data vintage: 2021 Census.