Caroline SpringsVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3023 · Melton
Daily life in Caroline Springs involves a high level of car usage, with 52.8% of residents driving to work, while only 3.4% use public transport. The suburb has a strong community feel, supported by a high percentage of family households at 83.6%. Work patterns show a significant portion of the population working from home at 24.0%, slightly below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Caroline Springs
Houses · The median house in Caroline Springs went for $810,000 over the 12 months to August 2026, 8.5% below the Victorian median of $885,000. That is 3.5% up on the twelve months before, on 258 sales.
Half of all houses landed in the $725,000 to $909,000 range.
Houses
$810k
median of 258 sales
3.5% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 59% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $725k and $909k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$455k
median of 25 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $420k and $485k.
Last sold within the past month
Townhouses
$585k
median of 35 sales
0.8% down on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 90% of the 113 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $538k and $635k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
318 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Since 2022, houses have climbed from $750,000 to $810,000 — 8% over the period.
- Houses
- Units
- Townhouses
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 | Units | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $789k | $455k | $580k |
| 2025 · part year | $800k | $456k | $590k |
| 2024 | $744k | $506k | |
| 2023 | $731k | $482k | |
| 2022 | $750k | $488k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $798k | 48 | +2.6% |
| 2026 Q1 | $778k | 70 | -7.5% |
| 2025 Q4 | $841k | 96 | +5.5% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $470k | 5 | +1.1%low confidence5 sales this quarter, 11 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $465k | 11 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $640k | 7 | +8.5%low confidence7 sales this quarter, 7 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $590k | 7 | +1.2%low confidence7 sales this quarter, 14 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $583k | 14 |
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 Caroline Springs
Houses · The step from 3 to 4 bedrooms is the expensive one in Caroline Springs, worth about $142,000.
Houses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $477k | 5 · few |
| 3 | $733k | 126 |
| 4 | $875k | 105 |
| 5 | $1.05m | 20 · few |
Units
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $450k | 23 · few |
Townhouses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $525k | 5 · few |
| 3 | $590k | 29 · 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.
8 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Caroline Springs
All schools · Caroline Springs' 8 schools teach 7,742 students, up 16.2% in ten years — and 10 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
8
3 primary · 2 secondary · 3 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
7,742
2025 · +16.2% since 2015
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?”
+14.4%
2,198 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.
+0.4%
3,480 · Years 1–6, anywhere
3,480 children in Caroline Springs are in Years 1–6, and 2,198 students attend a primary school here. At least 36.8% of Caroline Springs' primary-age children go to a school that also runs secondary years.
11 years · two ways to read them
Enrolments, 2015–2025
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 Caroline Springs have grown 16.2% over 10 years.
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Primary schools | Secondary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,050 | 1,733 | 2,880 |
| 2016 | 2,135 | 1,769 | 3,038 |
| 2017 | 2,225 | 1,850 | 3,161 |
| 2018 | 2,118 | 1,825 | 3,319 |
| 2019 | 2,041 | 1,850 | 3,295 |
| 2020 | 1,921 | 1,935 | 3,366 |
| 2021 | 1,955 | 1,953 | 3,312 |
| 2022 | 1,987 | 1,969 | 3,313 |
| 2023 | 2,058 | 1,970 | 3,387 |
| 2024 | 2,155 | 2,007 | 3,440 |
| 2025 | 2,198 | 2,128 | 3,416 |
Which schools in Caroline Springs 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
- Years 7–12
- 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 | Years 7–12 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,161 | 2,939 | 563 | 6,663 |
| 2016 | 3,326 | 3,058 | 558 | 6,942 |
| 2017 | 3,435 | 3,254 | 547 | 7,236 |
| 2018 | 3,477 | 3,215 | 570 | 7,262 |
| 2019 | 3,472 | 3,195 | 519 | 7,186 |
| 2020 | 3,465 | 3,257 | 500 | 7,222 |
| 2021 | 3,370 | 3,319 | 531 | 7,220 |
| 2022 | 3,365 | 3,378 | 526 | 7,269 |
| 2023 | 3,427 | 3,469 | 519 | 7,415 |
| 2024 | 3,501 | 3,566 | 535 | 7,602 |
| 2025 | 3,480 | 3,742 | 520 | 7,742 |
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
All 8 schools in Caroline Springs
Ordered by size, not by results — 4 government, 3 Catholic and 1 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.
- VCE median
- The middle study score of that school’s Year 12 students, on a scale of 0–50. The state median in 2025 was 29.0, so a school above that sits above the middle and one below it sits below. The smaller number after it is how many students the figure rests on. Under 30 students we show nothing at all — a small cohort’s result swings from year to year on who happened to sit the exams, which is easily mistaken for the school changing.
| School | Sector | Type | Students | 5 yr | 10 yr | VCE median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside K-9 College | Government | Prep-to-12 | 1,287 | −11.6% | −12.4% | — |
| Brookside P-9 College | Government | Prep-to-12 | 1,225 | +3.2% | +19.4% | — |
| Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs | Catholic | Secondary | 1,079 | +16.8% | +46.8% | — |
| Lakeview Senior College | Government | Secondary | 1,049 | +3.8% | +5.1% | 27 · 381 |
| Springside Primary School | Government | Primary | 976 | +23.4% | −2.0% | — |
| Southern Cross Grammar | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 904 | +25.0% | +134.8% | 30 · 137 |
| St George Preca School | Catholic | Primary | 728 | +12.5% | +41.4% | — |
| Christ the Priest Catholic Primary School | Catholic | Primary | 494 | +2.3% | −8.3% | — |
2 schools in Caroline Springs reported median VCE study scores of 27 to 30, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Caroline Springs
10 government catchments cover Caroline Springs — 5 secondary and 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Brookside P-9 College | Secondary |
| Copperfield College | Secondary |
| Creekside K-9 College | Secondary |
| Lakeview Senior College | Secondary |
| Springside West Secondary College | Secondary |
| Burnside Primary School | Primary |
| Kororoit Creek Primary School | Primary |
| Parkwood Green Primary School | Primary |
| Springside Primary School | Primary |
| Taylors Hill Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Caroline Springs is a family-oriented suburb with a population of 24,486, characterized by a median age of 35. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 49.4% males and 50.6% females. A significant portion of the population, 59.8%, consists of couples with children, indicating a strong family presence. The suburb has a high percentage of separate houses at 90.0%, with a median weekly rent of $400 and a median monthly mortgage of $1950, reflecting a predominantly owner-occupied housing market.
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
Caroline Springs · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| Professionals | 70 |
| Investors | 65 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
| Retirees | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households - 83.6%
- Predominantly owner-occupied housing - 75.1%
- Good availability of separate houses - 90.0%
- Higher than average household income - $2134 weekly
Against the state
How Caroline Springs 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
Show data table
| Dwelling type | Share |
|---|---|
| Apartments | 2.7% |
| Separate houses | 90% |
| Townhouses | 7.4% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 24% |
| Drove a car | 52.8% |
| Public transport | 3.4% |
| Walked only | 0.6% |
| Car passenger | 4.3% |
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
- Above average household income - $2134 weekly (vs VIC $1759)
- High family presence - 59.8% couples with children
- Predominantly owner-occupied - 75.1% owned outright or with mortgage
- Diverse cultural background - 44.5% born overseas
- High percentage of separate houses - 90.0% (vs VIC 73.4%)
Things to be aware of
- Unemployment rate slightly higher than VIC average - 6.3% (vs 5.0%)
- Lower public transport usage - 3.4% (vs higher VIC averages)
- Moderate education attainment - 27.7% with bachelor degrees (vs VIC 29.2%)
- High mortgage costs may affect affordability for some buyers
- Lower percentage of renters compared to VIC average - 22.2% (vs 28.5%)
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.