Suburb profile
Carrum VIC 3197
Carrum is located in the Inner South Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3197. It has 2,904 properties across 52 streets. Explore every street in Carrum, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Carrum
Carrum, VIC 3197, sits in Inner South Melbourne and neighbours Bonbeach, Seaford and Patterson Lakes. Its 52 streets hold 2,904 properties, 1,682 of them houses and 1,222 units.
Census figures are for the Carrum - Patterson Lakes area, which has 12,032 residents, a median age of 44 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,853 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,100 a month and the median rent $420 a week. Of 4,877 dwellings, 2,655 are separate houses, 1,516 semi-detached, 698 flats and 4 other; 1,745 are owned outright, 1,914 owned with a mortgage and 1,015 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Carrum
- 12,032Peoplelive in the area
- 44Median ageyears
- $1,853Median household incomea week
- $420Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,655
- Townhouses and semis1,516
- Flats and apartments698
- Other4
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,100a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Carrum
Carrum Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Carrum.
Streets in Carrum
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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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.