The quick read on
VIC 3978 · Cardinia
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
ABS 2021
Cardinia, Victoria
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Cardinia VIC
Based on 1 sales in the preceding 12 months
Based on 3 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$688 per week
Down 6.8% over 12 months
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Cardinia is $688 per week. The median house rent has decreased 6.8% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Cardinia is 4,357 offences per 100,000 residents — 9% above the Greater Melbourne benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Cardinia.
Overall crime rate
4,357
offences per 100,000 residents
9% aboveGreater Melbourne
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Cardinia VIC 3978 is in Victoria, within Greater Melbourne.
342 people call Cardinia home, with an average of 2.9 people per household and a median household income of $1,875 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
24.1% of workers in Cardinia worked from home on Census day — less common than across Greater Melbourne.
2.9% of Cardinia residents were born in New Zealand.
48.0% of people in Cardinia described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Cardinia VIC 3978.
13.7% of Cardinia's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.
98 family households lived in Cardinia; 51.0% were couple families and 9.2% were one-parent families.
28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Cardinia had 342 residents at the 2021 Census.
22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
35.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Cardinia.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
47.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
42.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
10.4% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Cardinia had 2.9 people.
One-person households made up 15.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 28.3% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
24.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.
47.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.2% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
One-car households formed 11.2% of the total.
86.0% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
81.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 18.1% reported a different address.
8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
87.4% of residents used only English at home.
5.0% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
8.8% of Cardinia's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 32.7% of ancestry responses in Cardinia.
Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.
Health care and social assistance employed 9.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 67.6%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.
33.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
58.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.
6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.6% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.5% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,875 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 24.1% in Cardinia, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.
Outright ownership was 47.2% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
Renting accounted for 10.4% in Cardinia, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
There is not yet enough consistent market data for a dependable house median. The nearby suburb links make it easier to compare the wider market while local observations build.
The Census counted 98 local families, and 13.7% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
The free data does not have a dependable bedroom breakdown for this suburb. Compare the current house and unit medians above, then use live listings to see what a $1.5m budget buys today.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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Figures update as new market and census data arrives. This suburb overview is general information, not a valuation or financial advice.
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