Cranbourne NorthVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3977 · Casey
Daily life in Cranbourne North is likely to be family-centric, with many residents commuting by car, as 62.4% of the population are car drivers. The suburb has a relatively low public transport usage at 3.5%, suggesting a reliance on private vehicles. The community has a diverse cultural background, with 62.6% of residents born overseas, and a variety of languages spoken at home, including Punjabi and Sinhalese.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Cranbourne North
Houses · Across 267 sales, houses in Cranbourne North reached a median of $800,000, 5.9% up year on year and cheaper than 61% of the suburbs we cover.
Prices cluster tightly: half of all houses sold between $730,000 and $873,000.
Houses
$800k
median of 267 sales
5.9% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 61% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $730k and $873k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$586k
median of 13 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $540k and $640k.
Last sold within the past month
Townhouses
$560k
median of 7 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $525k and $636k.
Last sold one to two months ago
Land
$300k
median of 5 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $290k and $2.10m.
Last sold within the past month
292 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Since 2022, houses have climbed from $720,000 to $800,000 — 11.1% 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 | $808k | $618k | $560k |
| 2025 · part year | $765k | $577k | |
| 2024 | $732k | ||
| 2023 | $710k | $506k | |
| 2022 | $720k | $500k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $811k | 62 | -0.4% |
| 2026 Q1 | $814k | 65 | +4.6% |
| 2025 Q4 | $778k | 109 | +1.7% |
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 Cranbourne North
Houses · 4-bedroom houses, the most common sale here, run about $835,000; moving from 3 to 4 bedrooms adds roughly $110,000.
Houses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $725k | 105 |
| 4 | $835k | 137 |
| 5 | $980k | 20 · few |
Units
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $540k | 7 · few |
| 3 | $649k | 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.
3 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Cranbourne North
All schools · Cranbourne North's 3 schools teach 4,210 students, up 126.3% in ten years — and 10 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
3
2 primary · 1 secondary
Students, all schools
4,210
2025 · +126.3% 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?”
+12.9%
2,199 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.
+19.3%
1,939 · Years 1–6, anywhere
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 Cranbourne North have grown 126.3% over 10 years, with the movement at the secondary end.
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
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| Year | Primary schools | Secondary schools |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 787 | 1,073 |
| 2016 | 818 | 1,137 |
| 2017 | 1,173 | 1,163 |
| 2018 | 1,444 | 1,226 |
| 2019 | 1,767 | 1,287 |
| 2020 | 1,947 | 1,483 |
| 2021 | 2,117 | 1,621 |
| 2022 | 2,248 | 1,738 |
| 2023 | 2,284 | 1,854 |
| 2024 | 2,325 | 1,906 |
| 2025 | 2,199 | 2,011 |
Which schools in Cranbourne North 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.
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| Year | Years 1–6 | Years 7–12 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 673 | 1,073 | 114 | 1,860 |
| 2016 | 697 | 1,137 | 121 | 1,955 |
| 2017 | 964 | 1,163 | 209 | 2,336 |
| 2018 | 1,179 | 1,226 | 265 | 2,670 |
| 2019 | 1,440 | 1,287 | 327 | 3,054 |
| 2020 | 1,625 | 1,483 | 322 | 3,430 |
| 2021 | 1,803 | 1,621 | 314 | 3,738 |
| 2022 | 1,908 | 1,738 | 340 | 3,986 |
| 2023 | 1,973 | 1,854 | 311 | 4,138 |
| 2024 | 2,026 | 1,906 | 299 | 4,231 |
| 2025 | 1,939 | 2,011 | 260 | 4,210 |
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 3 schools in Cranbourne North
Ordered by size, not by results — 3 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.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkira Secondary College | Government | Secondary | 2,011 | +35.6% | +87.4% | 29 · 440 |
| Tulliallan Primary School | Government | Primary | 1,449 | +28.6% | — | — |
| Courtenay Gardens Primary School | Government | Primary | 750 | −8.5% | −4.7% | — |
One school in Cranbourne North reported a median VCE study score of 29, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Cranbourne North
10 government catchments cover Cranbourne North — 2 secondary and 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Alkira Secondary College | Secondary |
| Lyndhurst Secondary College | Secondary |
| Courtenay Gardens Primary School | Primary |
| Cranbourne Carlisle Primary School | Primary |
| Hillsmeade Primary School | Primary |
| Kala Primary School | Primary |
| Lyndhurst Primary School | Primary |
| Rangebank Primary School | Primary |
| Strathaird Primary School | Primary |
| Tulliallan Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Cranbourne North is a family-oriented suburb with a population of 24,679 and a median age of 32, which is younger than the Victorian median of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 49.9% male and 50.1% female residents. A significant portion of the population, 59.7%, are couples with children, indicating a strong family presence. The area is characterized by predominantly separate houses, making up 95% of the housing stock, and a high rate of home ownership with 56.4% of homes owned with a mortgage.
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
Cranbourne North · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| Investors | 75 |
| Professionals | 70 |
| First home buyers | 65 |
| Retirees | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of couples with children (59.7%)
- Predominantly separate houses (95%)
- Above average household income ($1,941 weekly)
- Family-oriented community with 84.3% family households
Against the state
How Cranbourne North 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 |
|---|---|
| Apartments | 0.4% |
| Separate houses | 95% |
| Townhouses | 4.5% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 17% |
| Drove a car | 62.4% |
| Public transport | 3.5% |
| Walked only | 0.6% |
| Car passenger | 4.6% |
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
- Young population with a median age of 32 (vs VIC 38)
- High family presence with 59.7% couples with children
- Above average household income - $1,941 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- High rate of home ownership with 56.4% owned with mortgage
- Diverse cultural background with 62.6% born overseas
Things to be aware of
- Higher unemployment rate at 6.2% (vs VIC 5.0%)
- Low public transport usage at 3.5%
- Lower percentage of work from home at 17.0% (vs VIC 25.7%)
- Lower percentage of bachelor degree holders at 22.2% (vs VIC 29.2%)
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.