Cranbourne East vs Devon Meadows

Cranbourne East is the younger of the two, with a median age of 31 against 44 in Devon Meadows. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Devon Meadows: a median of $1.5 million, against $755,000 in Cranbourne East. Cranbourne East is closer to the city centre: 52.7 km, against 59.2 km. On these figures, Cranbourne East tends to suit families with children and buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Cranbourne East

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (17 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (17 vs 2)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (8 vs 1)
  • But Devon Meadows has more separate houses rather than flats (99% vs 88%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Cranbourne East

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($755,000 vs $1,500,000)
  • has cheaper land ($740,000 vs $1,452,500)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Cranbourne East

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (25% vs 14%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Cranbourne East

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (68/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (52.7 km vs 59.2 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (51 min vs 56 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Cranbourne East

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (68/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (12% vs 1%)
  • has more GPs (6 vs 0)
  • But Devon Meadows has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 10%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Cranbourne East is growing faster (52.4% vs 0.2%)
  • Devon Meadows returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.8% vs 4.0%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Cranbourne East and Devon Meadows drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Walkability 68 / 0
Cranbourne East — Walkability: 68/100 Devon Meadows — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 37 / 37
Cranbourne East — Safety: 37/100 Devon Meadows — Safety: 37/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Cranbourne East — Low fire risk: 100/100 Devon Meadows — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 48 / 28
Cranbourne East — Low flood risk: 48/100 Devon Meadows — Low flood risk: 28/100

Demographics

Cranbourne East has more residents (24,679 vs 1,551); Devon Meadows skews older (44 vs 31).

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Population 24,679
+94% vs other
 1,551
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +52.4% +0.2%
Median age 31 44
Median household income $99,424/yr
+6% vs other
 $93,080/yr
Median weekly rent $400/wk
+2% vs other
 $392/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
0-4 9.4% / 4.5%
Cranbourne East — 0-4: 9.4% Devon Meadows — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 17.9% / 13.1%
Cranbourne East — 5-14: 17.9% Devon Meadows — 5-14: 13.1%
15-19 6.6% / 5.4%
Cranbourne East — 15-19: 6.6% Devon Meadows — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 6.4% / 5.9%
Cranbourne East — 20-24: 6.4% Devon Meadows — 20-24: 5.9%
25-34 15.4% / 11.0%
Cranbourne East — 25-34: 15.4% Devon Meadows — 25-34: 11.0%
35-44 19.3% / 11.1%
Cranbourne East — 35-44: 19.3% Devon Meadows — 35-44: 11.1%
45-54 10.0% / 15.5%
Cranbourne East — 45-54: 10.0% Devon Meadows — 45-54: 15.5%
55-64 5.6% / 14.2%
Cranbourne East — 55-64: 5.6% Devon Meadows — 55-64: 14.2%
65-74 4.4% / 12.0%
Cranbourne East — 65-74: 4.4% Devon Meadows — 65-74: 12.0%
75-84 3.5% / 6.4%
Cranbourne East — 75-84: 3.5% Devon Meadows — 75-84: 6.4%
85+ 1.6% / 1.5%
Cranbourne East — 85+: 1.6% Devon Meadows — 85+: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Cranbourne East 65.1% couple families
Cranbourne East — Couple Families: 65.1% Cranbourne East — Lone Person: 16.8% Cranbourne East — One Parent Families: 14.6% Cranbourne East — Group Household: 2.3% Cranbourne East — Other Families: 1.2%
Devon Meadows 58.7% couple families
Devon Meadows — Couple Families: 58.7% Devon Meadows — Lone Person: 24.1% Devon Meadows — One Parent Families: 13.8% Devon Meadows — Group Household: 2.6% Devon Meadows — Other Families: 0.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Cranbourne East 24.6% renting
Cranbourne East — Owned Outright: 16.0% Cranbourne East — Mortgage: 59.4% Cranbourne East — Renting: 24.6%
Devon Meadows 13.6% renting
Devon Meadows — Owned Outright: 48.2% Devon Meadows — Mortgage: 38.2% Devon Meadows — Renting: 13.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Certificate III & IV 11.3% / 20.3%
Cranbourne East — Certificate III & IV: 11.3% Devon Meadows — Certificate III & IV: 20.3%
Bachelor Degree 10.9% / 6.2%
Cranbourne East — Bachelor Degree: 10.9% Devon Meadows — Bachelor Degree: 6.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.8% / 6.5%
Cranbourne East — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.8% Devon Meadows — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Postgraduate Degree 4.5% / 1.5%
Cranbourne East — Postgraduate Degree: 4.5% Devon Meadows — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.2% / 1.2%
Cranbourne East — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2% Devon Meadows — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.3%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
India 16.6% / 1.2%
Cranbourne East — India: 16.6% Devon Meadows — India: 1.2%
England 2.2% / 2.9%
Cranbourne East — England: 2.2% Devon Meadows — England: 2.9%
New Zealand 2.9% / 1.1%
Cranbourne East — New Zealand: 2.9% Devon Meadows — New Zealand: 1.1%
Philippines 3.9% / —
Cranbourne East — Philippines: 3.9% Devon Meadows — Philippines: not among its largest
Afghanistan 3.9% / —
Cranbourne East — Afghanistan: 3.9% Devon Meadows — Afghanistan: not among its largest
Sri Lanka 3.0% / —
Cranbourne East — Sri Lanka: 3.0% Devon Meadows — Sri Lanka: not among its largest
China 0.6% / 1.2%
Cranbourne East — China: 0.6% Devon Meadows — China: 1.2%
Netherlands — / 1.2%
Cranbourne East — Netherlands: not among its largest Devon Meadows — Netherlands: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Cranbourne East 88.5% houses
Cranbourne East — Houses: 88.5% Cranbourne East — Townhouses: 11.0% Cranbourne East — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Devon Meadows 99.4% houses
Devon Meadows — Houses: 99.4% Devon Meadows — Townhouses: 0.0% Devon Meadows — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Median house price $755,000 $1,500,000
Median unit price $600,000 —
Median land price $740,000 $1,452,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 28 days
from 318 sales
 124 days
from 4 sales

Zoning mix

Devon Meadows has more rural and farming land (96% vs 0%).

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Rural and farming 0% 96%
Residential 79% 0%
Parks and recreation 8% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 7% 4%
Commercial 3% 0%
Other and special use 2% 0%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
New dwellings approved 3,412
across Casey
same for both
Approvals change year on year -15%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Houses 4.0%
$600/wk on $788K
 4.8%
$1,400/wk on $1.51M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
House price Higher than 47% of VIC —
Income Higher than 71% of VIC Higher than 62% of VIC
Schools Higher than 78% of VIC —
Walkability Higher than 89% of VIC Higher than 45% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 76% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 77% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 95% of VIC Higher than 73% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 66% of VIC Higher than 96% of VIC

Liveability

Cranbourne East is more walkable (68 vs 0); Cranbourne East scores higher overall (61 vs 38).

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Grade B C
Score 61/100 38/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
same for both

Risk profile

Devon Meadows carries more flood risk (72 vs 52).

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Moderate
63/100
same for both
Flood Moderate
52/100
 High
72/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 4
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Inside the suburb 8 1
Rated above peers 3 0
Rated at peers 2 1
Rated below peers 1 0
Universities within 10 km 1
Federation University Berwick, 8.7 km
 None

Schools in Cranbourne East

  • Casey Grammar School Independent · Combined above peers
  • Cranbourne East Secondary College Government · Secondary above peers
  • Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne Independent · Combined above peers
  • Casey Fields Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Cranbourne East Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Devon Meadows

  • Devon Meadows Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Supermarkets 2 0
Parks & reserves 17 1
Childcare 17 2
GPs 6 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0

Mobility

Devon Meadows sits further from the CBD (59.2 km vs 52.7 km).

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Walkability score 68/100 0/100
Distance to Melbourne 52.7 km 59.2 km
+12% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 51 min 56 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 46/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 150.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 12.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 3977
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 3977
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Car (driver) 72.6% / 69.9%
Cranbourne East — Car (driver): 72.6% Devon Meadows — Car (driver): 69.9%
Worked from Home 16.7% / 20.2%
Cranbourne East — Worked from Home: 16.7% Devon Meadows — Worked from Home: 20.2%
Car (passenger) 5.8% / 4.2%
Cranbourne East — Car (passenger): 5.8% Devon Meadows — Car (passenger): 4.2%
Walked Only 0.6% / 4.1%
Cranbourne East — Walked Only: 0.6% Devon Meadows — Walked Only: 4.1%
Train 3.4% / 0.7%
Cranbourne East — Train: 3.4% Devon Meadows — Train: 0.7%
Bicycle 0.1% / 1.0%
Cranbourne East — Bicycle: 0.1% Devon Meadows — Bicycle: 1.0%
Bus 0.8% / —
Cranbourne East — Bus: 0.8% Devon Meadows — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (72.6%).

Setting

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Elevation 44 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 17 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 12.2 km 5.4 km

NBN connectivity

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Connectivity score 88/100 34/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 79%
6,176 premises
 5%
594 premises

Climate

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Annual rainfall 781 mm —
Summer max (Jan) — 24.5°C
Winter min (Jul) — 8.3°C

Air quality (annual mean)

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 20.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.98 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Average residential rate $1,767/yr
same for both
Council Casey
same for both

Federal electorate

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Division Holt
same for both
Member Cassandra Fernando
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Cranbourne East Devon Meadows
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

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