Suburb profile

Cardinia VIC 3978

Cardinia is located in the South East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3978. It has 181 properties across 17 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Cardinia, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Cardinia

Cardinia, VIC 3978, sits in South East Melbourne and neighbours Clyde, Clyde North, Koo Wee Rup and Officer South. Its 17 streets hold 181 properties, 179 of them houses and 2 units.

Census figures are for the Koo Wee Rup area, which had 10,069 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,823 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,940 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 3,490 dwellings, 3,207 were separate houses, 117 semi-detached, 159 flats and 3 other; 1,031 were owned outright, 1,786 owned with a mortgage and 520 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Cardinia

  • 10,069Peoplelive in the area
  • 35Median ageyears
  • $1,823Median household incomea week
  • $320Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,207
  • Townhouses and semis117
  • Flats and apartments159
  • Other3

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,940a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,031Owned with a mortgage 1,786Rented 520Other 153

Schools in Cardinia

  • Cardinia Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Cardinia

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.