Craigieburn VIC 3064
Located in Victoria, Craigieburn sits 36 km from Melbourne CBD, around 41 minutes by car. The suburb has 65,178 residents, a median age of 32, and a median household income of $93,496 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 29.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,850. The area shows high bushfire risk and high crime risk. Of 15 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Craigieburn a good suburb?
Craigieburn scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and prices, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
15 schools · 2 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 74/100 · 36 km · 41 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $706K
High bushfire risk
Fire 78/100 · Crime 66/100 · Flood 36/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 32 · 65,178 residents
Liveability Rating
38 / 100 · Ranked #595 in VICEach bar is Craigieburn's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
38 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataCraigieburn's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $706,000, about 3% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$706,350
In line with its 7 neighbours (median $715,000)
Based on 1602 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 25 days — median across 1,042 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 65 sales $465K
- 3 bed 713 sales $650K
- 4 bed 708 sales $760K
- 5 bed 73 sales $865K
- 6 bed 6 sales $1.2M
Land
$724,500
Based on 100 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 36 days — median across 63 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Craigieburn are currently listed at around $680,000 on average. Based on 479 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$680K
479 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$432K
16 units listed in the last 6 months.
495 of the suburb's 18,957 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Craigieburn rent for around $560 a week on average, based on 522 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$560/wk
In line with its 7 neighbours (median $550/wk)
522 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$500/wk
17 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
539 rentals advertised against an estimated 5,535 rented homes (9.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025128 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3064.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$560/week ($29,000 a year) on a $680,000 median
$500/week ($26,000 a year) on a $432,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
51 active Airbnb listings: 38 whole homes and 13 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.2% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Craigieburn safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Craigieburn sits in the moderate band, with 3,565 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 4% on the prior year.
3,565 offences
4.3% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025170 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 6 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
15 schools serve Craigieburn, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Craigieburn South Primary School and Our Lady's School lead the pack.
- • 11,499 students across 13 schools (avg 885)
- • Sectors: 12 Government, 3 Catholic
- • ICSEA 918-1032, median 984 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Mount Ridley P-12 College (2,788 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Craigieburn is very walkable on foot — at 74/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 7 supermarkets, 76 parks and 13 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Craigieburn.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 752.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 649.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 400.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.5 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 8 min wait
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Craigieburn.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 70%
- Premises covered
- 23,112
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Hume: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 139 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Craigieburn is home to about 65,200 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 32 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $93,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
65,178
Median Age
32
Median Household Income
$93,496/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,850/mo
Avg Household Size
3.3
Median Personal Income
$36,400/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.1%
Total Dwellings
18,957
Owner-Occupier Rate
70.8%
Houses
89.2%
Rental Stress
21.1%
Mortgage Stress
23.7%
Work From Home
19.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
112 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 64 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 5,379 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 47.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 35.1%
- Employment Rate
- 57.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 45.0%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
8,934 residents (13.7%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 59,481 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
14% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (3,784 of 27,905).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 11,483 people work here; 27,905 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 59% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,715 a year through Hume based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 44%
- Other and special use 34%
- Infrastructure and transport 8%
- Industrial 5%
- Environmental 4%
- Commercial 2%
- Parks and recreation 2%
- Zones under 1% 1%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Hume
In the year to August 2026, 3,063 new dwellings were approved across Hume. That mix is 2,610 houses and 453 units.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 3,374 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 523 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 2,485 homes
- Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 366 homes
From the Victorian Government's Urban Development Program: growth-area land and approved lots (metropolitan 2025, regional June 2024) and projects of 10 or more homes in Melbourne (2025), by stage. Lots and homes are counted as published; a lot usually becomes one home.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).
Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 3.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
From the Macleod monitoring station, 19.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Melbourne Airport, 12.1 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 212 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 28.2 km
- Annual rainfall
- 518 mm
- 81 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 12 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.0°C
- 1 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 3.2 kmPrintingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.2 kmPrintingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Methyl ethyl ketone · Methyl isobutyl ketone
- 4.0 kmClay Brick ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide · Hydrochloric acid
EV adoption
In postcode 3064, 736 of 87,576 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 5.0% (4,365 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3064, 20,529 rooftop-solar systems totalling 143.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 34,371 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 2,079 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.
971 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3064 in 2025-26, rank 1 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 1,897, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
80 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 126 across postcode 3064.
Land transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office Victoria
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with State Revenue Office Victoria.
At $706,350 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Basem Abdo Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Basem Abdo | 64.7% | 35.3% | +2.3 |
| 2022 | Maria Vamvakinou | 62.4% | 37.6% | +7.2 |
| 2019 | Maria Vamvakinou | 68.8% | 31.2% | +0.9 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Ros Spence Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ros Spence ALP | 53.9% | 66.4% | 33.6% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
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Common questions about Craigieburn
Is Craigieburn a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Craigieburn is moderate (66/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Craigieburn?
Craigieburn has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (36/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Craigieburn a good place to live?
Craigieburn has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (38/100), ranked against other VIC suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Craigieburn?
Craigieburn, VIC had a population of 65,178 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Craigieburn, VIC?
The postcode for Craigieburn, VIC is 3064.
How far is Craigieburn from Melbourne?
Craigieburn is 36 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 41 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Craigieburn?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Craigieburn was $93,496 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Craigieburn?
The median advertised rent in Craigieburn is $560 a week for houses (522 listings) and $500 a week for units (17 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Craigieburn?
The median age of residents in Craigieburn was 32 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Craigieburn at risk of bushfire?
Craigieburn has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Craigieburn?
There are 15 schools inside the Craigieburn boundary: 2 above, 2 at, and 8 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Craigieburn walkable?
Craigieburn scores 74/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Craigieburn?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Craigieburn (Macleod) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 3.9 µg/m³. That puts Craigieburn below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Craigieburn?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Craigieburn, Melbourne Airport (12.1 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6°C, 518 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days, and 12 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Craigieburn?
First-home buyers in VIC may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Craigieburn belong to?
Craigieburn sits within the Hume local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Craigieburn?
The average residential rates bill through Hume is $1,715 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Craigieburn?
Across Hume, 3,063 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Craigieburn in?
Craigieburn sits within the federal Division of Calwell, currently held by Basem Abdo (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2022
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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