Cairnlea real estate

In 2021, 64% of homes in Cairnlea had four or more bedrooms, above the state's 33%, while 30% had three bedrooms, below the Victorian 42%, and 5% had two bedrooms or fewer, below the 25% across the state. Separate houses accounted for 88% of occupied homes, above the 73% across Victoria. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses came to 8% and flats or apartments to 4%, below the state figures of 14% and 12%. On Census night, 4% of private dwellings in Cairnlea were unoccupied, below Victoria's 11%.

At the 2021 Census, 49% of households in Cairnlea were paying off a mortgage, above the 36% across Victoria, and 33% owned outright, above the state's 32%. The median mortgage repayment was $1,883 a month, above the Victorian median of $1,859. Renting households came to 15%, below Victoria's 29%. Of those, 70% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the state figure of 73%.

The median rent was $400 a week, above the $370 across Victoria. The median household income in Cairnlea reached $2,062 a week, above Victoria's $1,759. Worked out on this page from the two medians, the median rent equals 19% of the median income of all Cairnlea households, renters or not, below the 21% across the state.

Of people aged five and over in Cairnlea, 73% lived at the same address five years earlier, above the 54% across Victoria. The suburb of Cairnlea was home to 10,038 people at the 2021 Census. The average household held 3.4 people, above Victoria's 2.5, and the median age was 36 years, below the state median of 38.