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Carrum Downs

Victoria · Frankston, Mornington Peninsula

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

The weekday morning train from Seaford Railway Station reaches the CBD in 68 min, against 40 min from the middle Victoria area with a timetabled station. The median age is 36, lower than the middle Victoria area (39, Census 2021).

Carrum Downs has 4 schools (3 government, 1 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 19 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). The median house price is $845,000, +18.2% YoY (Valuer-General VIC Q4 2025). Population is 23,464 (ABS ERP June 2025); the AM-peak train journey to the CBD takes 68 min (Transport Victoria (PTV) incl. V/Line, static GTFS, timetable from 22 Oct 2026).

Carrum Downs at a glance

Median house price
$845,000
Up 18.2% in a year
Rent: $580 a week, 3-bedroom house
Family-Fit score
60/100
Mixed for families
How it is calculated
Schools
4
Area centre zoned to Banyan Fields Primary School
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Childcare services
19
17 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
23,464
+0.8% in a year
Median age
36
19.2% are children under 15
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How the Family-Fit score is built60/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
60 /100
Mixed for families

Mixed for families - strongest on childcare & early years, weakest on getting around.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
77/100

VIC median 75/100

4 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 986

Childcare & early years · 15% of the score
100/100

VIC median 100/100

19 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
85/100

VIC median 78/100

64 parks · 3 GPs · 2 supermarkets · 25 playgrounds

Getting around · 15% of the score
13/100

VIC median 60/100

68 min to the CBD by train from Seaford Railway Station

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
35/100

VIC median 46/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 16.0% of mortgage-holding households, 36.6% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
70/100

VIC median 67/100

19.2% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 43.7% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
22/100

VIC median 56/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 3 of 10 nationally

The grey marker on each bar is the median across the 500 Victoria areas we publish a score for (state median overall: 65/100). It is context, not a pass mark.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Carrum Downs SA2 is mapped onto 0–100 by fixed thresholds, then weighted. Inputs with no data here are dropped and the rest rescaled - never scored as zero. Every threshold and weight →

Schools in the area 77/100 × 20% → 15.4 points
4 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 986
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 15 points
19 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 85/100 × 15% → 12.8 points
64 parks · 3 GPs · 2 supermarkets · 25 playgrounds
Getting around 13/100 × 15% → 1.9 points
68 min to the CBD by train from Seaford Railway Station
Housing affordability 35/100 × 15% → 5.3 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 16.0% of mortgage-holding households, 36.6% of renting households
Families already here 70/100 × 10% → 7 points
19.2% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 43.7% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 22/100 × 10% → 2.2 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 3 of 10 nationally

School results, crime and flood or bushfire overlays are not graded into this score. Limits of the score →

What families notice
In their own terms

What families notice

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Families often notice
  • This address is zoned to Banyan Fields Primary School (government, no fees).
  • Recorded incidents are down 13% on the year before.
  • 64 parks mapped inside this SA2 (OpenStreetMap).
Good to know
  • About 37% of renters here spend over 30% of income on rent - above the standard affordability guideline (ABS Census 2021).
  • Property figures are from Q4 2025, the most recent Valuer-General release we have - prices may have moved since.
  • This area's SEIFA index is lower than most of VIC - a relative socio-economic measure, not a safety or quality rating.
Source: Templated from the live data on this page - ABS, ACARA, ACECQA, BOCSAR/CSA Victoria, SEIFA 2021.
Living in Carrum Downs: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Carrum Downs

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A large suburb. Many childcare options nearby - 19 NQS-rated services. About a 68-minute train to the CBD. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA · state transit data (GTFS)
Carrum Downs compared with Victoria10 measures
Carrum Downs compared with the VIC average
Measure Carrum Downs VIC average Against VIC
Children aged 0 to 4 6.9% 5.8% Higher
Children aged 5 to 14 12.3% 12.2% About the same
Couple families with children 43.7% 45.2% Lower
One-parent families 21.9% 15.3% Higher
Homes owned outright 22.5% 32.5% Lower
Homes owned with a mortgage 48.3% 37.8% Higher
Homes rented 27.7% 28.0% About the same
Separate houses 79.0% 75.6% Higher
Flats and apartments 0.4% 10.5% Lower
Born overseas 24.8% 30.0% Lower

Source: ABS Census 2021. The VIC figure is the population-weighted average of the 520 VIC areas with a published value. "Higher" and "Lower" describe the number only.

About this area and its boundary

Carrum Downs is a locality in the Frankston area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Carrum Downs SA2.

23,464 residents - 19.2% are children under 15, median age 36.

This profile uses the ABS Carrum Downs statistical area (SA2) - the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburb of Carrum Downs, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

The median house price is $845,000, up 18.2% in a year, and a 3-bedroom house rents for a median $580 a week in the Seaford-Carrum Downs rental area.

Median house price
$845,000
Q4 2025
House price, change in a year
+18.2%
Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$580
per week, Seaford-Carrum Downs rental area

Source: Valuer-General VIC Q4 2025 · Homes Victoria (DFFH) Rental Report, year ending Jun 2026

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
23% Owned outright 48% Mortgage 28% Rented
Families
44% Couple with children 33% Couple, no children 22% One parent
Types of home
79% House 20% Townhouse 0% Apartment

Source: ABS Census 2021. Where the shares do not add to 100%, the rest is "other" or "not stated".

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Housing cost pressuremortgage and rent against income
What households here actually pay

Housing cost pressure

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In Carrum Downs, 36.6% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 16% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).

ABS published figures, not our calculation.

Mortgage over 30% of income
16%

VIC avg 15.4%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 632 of 3,544 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
36.6%

VIC avg 30.9%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 830 of 2,092 households with a stated rent.

The two figures cover different households (mortgage-holding vs renting), so never add them. How the ABS counts these → Grey marker: VIC average (509 for mortgage and 508 for rent). Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.

Source: ABS Census 2021 - Mortgage & Rent Affordability Indicator Datasets (via ABS Data by Region, SA2)
What's being built herenew homes approved, year by year
Carrum Downs · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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28 new homes were approved in Carrum Downs in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 691 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

28

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle VIC area: 44

270

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

410

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Carrum Downs statistical area. What these counts include → Dashed line: the median of 491Victoria areas.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by region, 2011-2025 (cat. 1410.0), sourced from ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat. 8731.0) (source, CC BY 4.0). Each year is a year ended 30 June, published for the SA2, not the suburb.
About the rent figure

Homes Victoria publishes rent for rental areas, not single suburbs. This is the median for the Seaford-Carrum Downs rental area: 3-bedroom houses with a lease that started in the year ending June 2026.

Source: Homes Victoria (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing), Rental Report, from Residential Tenancies Bond Authority bond lodgements. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures are as published; we have not adjusted them.

Schools and childcare

4 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Banyan Fields Primary School. 19 childcare services are on the national register, 17 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Banyan Fields Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Carrum Downs.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 517
ICSEA 987
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Carrum Downs (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Zoned secondary school
Carrum Downs Secondary College Government · 7-12 · 928 students
ICSEA 969 intake context

Median VCE study score (2025): 26 · 100% satisfactory VCE completions - one measure, not a ranking.

Pathways: VCE, VCE VM, VPC · 47 VCE/VM/VET studies (Units 3-4)

© Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority; reproduced with permission. For current versions and related content visit http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

The government Year 7 zone for the centre of Carrum Downs (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Joachim's School
Catholic 328 students
ICSEA 1052 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context, catchments and, for Victorian government secondary schools, the VCE figures the VCAA publishes. We don’t publish a school ranking.

All school zones in the Frankston council area →

To look beyond Carrum Downs, every Victoria school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

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Schools in Carrum Downs

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). Source: ACARA School Profile 2025. All VIC schools →

Victorian Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement data source: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

The VCAA is not associated with SuburbRadar and does not endorse any of the views or recommendations of SuburbRadar. The VCAA's assessment data for a given year cannot be used to predict results for schools or students in subsequent years. Each year's assessment results will vary due to different assessments being used and different populations of students participating in the assessment.

Childcare: 19 services

Exceeding NQS: 4Meeting NQS: 13Working Towards NQS: 2

National Quality Standard ratings from the ACECQA register, refreshed Oct 2026. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Childcare services, ratings and fees19 services
  • Banyan Fields Child and Family Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 99 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Nov 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Kids Paradise Childcare Pty Ltd
    Centre-Based Care · 68 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Jun 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Bowerbird Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 29 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Jan 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Rowellyn Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 27 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Aug 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Rowellyn Park Primary School OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 150 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Apr 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Birches Early Learning Centre Carrum Downs
    Centre-Based Care · 128 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Dec 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Carrum Downs Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Dec 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Carrum Downs - Hall Road
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Apr 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Carrum Downs - Frankston-Dandenong Road
    Centre-Based Care · 95 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Jan 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Banyan Fields PS TheirCare
    Centre-Based Care · 80 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated May 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Camp Australia - Flinders Christian College OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Jul 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Clever Kids Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 70 places · Carrum Downs
    Rated Jun 2026
    Meeting NQS

+ 7 more services in this area.

Average subsidised fee - Frankston area
Centre-based day care
$14.20/hr
Outside school hours care
$11.51/hr

Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across Frankston and surrounds, not this specific service list.

Verify locations before visiting. A rating over 3 years old is flagged. What the NQS ratings mean → Childcare places per child, by suburb →

Who lives here

Fewer people born overseas than Victoria overall: 24.8% of residents, against 30.0% statewide.

Median age
36
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
19.2%
Above the VIC average
Born overseas
24.8%
Below the VIC average
Density
1,155
people per km²

Ages of people here

Carrum Downs VIC average

Share of residents in each age band, in years. Source: ABS Census 2021.

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How the area is changingCensus 2011 to 2021
People counted at the Census, 2011 to 2021
+2,855 people
2011: 19,121 2021: 21,976
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+2 years
2011: 34 2021: 36
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
−2.1 points
2011: 21.3% 2021: 19.2%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+1.2 points
2011: 23.6% 2021: 24.8%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+2.7 points
2011: 15.5% 2021: 18.2%
Frankston council area, official forecast
+15,290 people
2021: 140,810 2036: 156,100

Each line is drawn on its own scale, so compare the numbers, not the heights. Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021; Victoria in Future 2023, Victorian Department of Transport and Planning forecast, published for the council area, not the suburb.

Census trends against the middle VIC areafull charts
Three censuses, same boundaries

Which way this area is moving

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The 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses for Carrum Downs, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Carrum Downs has grown older, with a smaller share of children and more residents speaking another language at home.

People counted
+2,855 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+2 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
−2.1 pts since 2011

Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.

Born overseas
+1.2 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+2.7 pts since 2011

Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.

The dashed line is the median across the Victoria areas we profile. How the three Censuses line up →

Source: ABS Census Time Series Profile 2021 (2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, SA2)
How many people will live around hereofficial forecast
Frankston council area · official projection

How many people will live around here

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The rest of this page looks backwards. This is the one number that looks forward - and it is the state government's own, not ours. Victoria in Future 2023 (Vic. Dept of Transport and Planning) projects the Frankston council area, which contains Carrum Downs along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 156,100 people by 2036: 15,290 more people than the 140,810 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Carrum Downs. Frankston is a whole local government area covering many suburbs, and neither state publishes a projection for a single suburb. Growth is never spread evenly across a council - a greenfield estate and an established street inside the same council will move very differently - so read this as the direction of the wider area a suburb sits in, not as a forecast for its own streets. Only the years the publisher itself lists are plotted: nothing is filled in between them, and nothing is carried past 2036. A projection is an assumption about the future, not a measurement of it, and it will be revised - this one was released September 2023. These figures sit on the projection's own series, so they are not directly comparable with the ABS resident-population and Census counts elsewhere on this page, which use different geographies and different years.

Source: Victoria in Future 2023, Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, released September 2023 (source, CC BY 4.0). Published for the council area, not the suburb; figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Where this year's population change came from+0.80% in a year
Population
23,464
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+0.80%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+178
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+178
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+156
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-133
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+155

Reading the streams: organic growth - more babies than goodbyes - was the biggest driver.

Growth vs benchmarks
Carrum Downs
+0.80%
VIC median
+0.90%
National median
+0.80%
Ages against the state average, band by band
The neighbourhood, in people

Ages of people here

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12.3% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - about the Victoria average of 12.2%, and 6.9% are under 5. The median age is 36.

0–4 years · before school
6.9%

VIC avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
12.3%

VIC avg 12.2%

15–19 years · teens
5.3%

VIC avg 5.6%

20–34 years
22.7%

VIC avg 21.3%

35–54 years
27.7%

VIC avg 26.8%

55–64 years
11.6%

VIC avg 11.5%

65 years and over
13.5%

VIC avg 16.8%

Share of all residents of Carrum Downs (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Victoria average. How the bands and averages work →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Households and families
The neighbourhood, in people

Households and families

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66% of families here have children living at home - more than the Victoria average of 61%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (4.5%), India (2.8%) and New Zealand (2.7%). 28% of homes are rented.

Family make-up

Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.

Couple with children
43.7%

VIC avg 45.2%

One-parent family
21.9%

VIC avg 15.3%

Couple, no children
32.8%

VIC avg 37.8%

What people live in

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.

Separate house
79%

VIC avg 75.6%

Semi-detached / townhouse
19.6%

VIC avg 13.5%

Flat or apartment
0.4%

VIC avg 10.5%

Owned or rented

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.

Owned outright
22.5%

VIC avg 32.5%

Owned with a mortgage
48.3%

VIC avg 37.8%

Rented
27.7%

VIC avg 28%

Figures describe Carrum Downs (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Victoria average. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Birthplaces, languages and communities
The neighbourhood, in people

Who lives in Carrum Downs

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 87% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
4.5%

VIC avg 3%

India · established by 2016
2.8%

VIC avg 3.9%

New Zealand · established by 2016
2.7%

VIC avg 1.2%

Philippines · established by 2016
2.1%

VIC avg 0.6%

Sri Lanka · established by 2016
0.9%

VIC avg 0.7%

Co-located communities
Carrum Downs is home to established United Kingdom, India, New Zealand and Philippines communities - each is 2% or more of residents born overseas here, not a ranking of one against another.
Nearby
Skye - Sandhurst, Seaford and Frankston North also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 9.9% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (VIC avg 17.5%) and 50.8% arrived before 2001 (VIC avg 47.4%).
English at home
Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 12% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (VIC avg 14.1%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.

Figures describe Carrum Downs (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per area, so a missing name did not rank in the top five. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)decile 3 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 3 of 10
Where this sits in VIC
bottom 30% of Victoria areas

A relative comparison of the whole area against all of Australia - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure. What IRSAD measures → Source: ABS SEIFA 2021, IRSAD index (SA2).

Getting around and lifestyle

The morning-peak train from Seaford Railway Station reaches the city in 68 minutes, and the nearest emergency department is Peninsula Private Hospital, 7.2 km away in a straight line.

2
Supermarkets
Middle VIC area: 1
3
GPs
Middle VIC area: 0
64
Parks
Middle VIC area: 22
25
Playgrounds
Middle VIC area: 10
None mapped
Train stations
Middle VIC area: 0
1
Libraries
Middle VIC area: 0

Mapped inside the Carrum Downs boundary. A zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there". Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Train to the city and nearest emergency department

Train to the city

Timetable published

68 min from Seaford Railway Station

Median scheduled weekday morning-peak travel time to the central-city terminus, from the closest station to the middle of this area (4.4 km away in a straight line). Train leg only.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Peninsula Private Hospital · 7.2 km

Straight-line distance from the middle of this area - not a drive time. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.

Community and recreation
2
Places of worship
Middle VIC area: 1
None mapped
Community centres
Middle VIC area: 0
None mapped
Swimming pools
Middle VIC area: 0
4
Sport and fitness venues
Middle VIC area: 1
Out with a baby
3
Baby-change tables
None mapped
Baby-care rooms

Public-toilet facilities recorded on the National Public Toilet Map - not every place in the area that will let you change a baby.

About this data

Counts of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Carrum Downs boundary. “Middle VIC area”: the median of 518 Victoria areas. How these counts and times are made →

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors · baby-facility counts from the National Public Toilet Map (Continence Foundation of Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, CC BY 3.0 AU) · Transport Victoria (PTV) incl. V/Line, static GTFS, timetable from 22 Oct 2026

Crime & safety in Carrum Downs

Police recorded 1,631 incidents in Carrum Downs in the year ending June 2026, down 13% on the year before. This is a raw count, not a rate or a rating.

Recorded incidents, 2026
1,631
Change on the year before
-13%
1,868 in 2025
Recorded incidents, 2021
1,355
LGA rate, as published
8,422.2
per 100,000 people, Frankston council area

LGA rate, as published: 12,241 recorded incidents and 8,422.2 per 100,000 people across the whole Frankston council area, which is larger than Carrum Downs. The rate is the agency's own figure - we do not calculate rates. Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, year ending June 2026, released September 2026.

Largest offence categories

Property and deception offences 1,008
Crimes against the person 259
Justice procedures offences 224
Drug offences 78
Public order and security offences 59
Is Carrum Downs safe? Here's what police recorded

Police recorded 1,631 criminal incidents in Carrum Downs in the year ending June 2026 (Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026). Frankston council area, which includes Carrum Downs, had 8,422.2 recorded incidents per 100,000 people (LGA rate, as published: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, year ending June 2026, released September 2026). Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

How much crime is recorded in Carrum Downs?

1,631 incidents in the year ending June 2026, against 1,868 the year before. The largest offence categories were Property and deception offences (1,008), Crimes against the person (259), Justice procedures offences (224). These are raw counts as published, not adjusted for population. Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

Police-recorded incident counts (Years ending June; latest = year ending June 2026). Raw counts, not a rate, and not a judgement about the suburb. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe. Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026. More on crime & safety →

Crime Statistics Agency Victoria data, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Suburb totals are added up from published figures.

Risks

4 of the 7 planning and hazard records we hold show something in this area: flooding, bushfire, traffic noise and acid sulfate soils.

Flooding

In an official overlay

20.0% of the area

Bushfire

In an official overlay

9.5% of the area

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Frankston-Dandenong Road · EastLink · Peninsula Link · +3 more

Acid sulfate soils

Mapped as likely

8.8% of the area

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Carrum Downs area - not a risk rating, and a specific address may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice.

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All 9 checks and what each one means

Flooding

In an official overlay

20.0% of the area

Part of this area sits inside a Victorian planning-scheme flood overlay - Land Subject to Inundation, Floodway, or Special Building (overland stormwater). Whether a specific address is affected depends on the property.

Bushfire

In an official overlay

9.5% of the area

Part of this area sits inside the Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay, which triggers extra planning requirements on affected land. The area is also inside the state’s designated Bushfire Prone Area - a separate and much wider designation that makes bushfire construction standards apply to a new home or extension.

Heritage controls

Not in the overlay

No part of this area sits inside the Victorian Heritage Overlay. Individually listed places can still exist outside a mapped overlay, so confirm the specific property before planning any work.

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Frankston-Dandenong Road · EastLink · Peninsula Link · +3 more

6 named roads through this area carry OpenStreetMap's highest classification - a freeway, motorway or major highway, whatever the road is called locally, alongside 10 named main roads. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment. Where a home sits relative to them matters far more than the count - a street two blocks back can be quiet.

Aircraft noise

Not in the overlay

No Victorian Airport Environs Overlay (including the Melbourne Airport one) intersects this area. The overlays cover land close to an airport under a mapped noise contour - aircraft still fly over areas outside them, including on flight paths.

Land contamination checks

Not in the overlay

No part of this area sits inside the Victorian Environmental Audit Overlay. The overlay records past land uses councils know about - it is not a test result, so absence means nothing has been flagged here, not that the ground has been cleared.

Acid sulfate soils

Mapped as likely

8.8% of the area

Part of this area is mapped by the state as land where coastal acid sulfate soils are likely to occur. Acid sulfate soils are harmless while they stay wet and buried; digging into them - for a pool, footings, a basement or drainage - exposes them to air and produces acid that eats concrete and steel and can kill fish downstream, so excavation may need a management plan. This is soil mapping rather than a planning overlay, and it describes the ground, not the house standing on it.

Recorded crime

Official counts published

1,631 incidents

Police-recorded criminal incidents in Years ending June; latest = year ending June 2026, down 13% on the prior year. A count, not a rate - busier areas with more shops, stations and visitors record more incidents than quiet ones of the same size. Full breakdown ↑

Social housing

Census figure

1.3% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 1.0% from a community housing provider

Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle VIC area is 1.0% public and 0.3% community, across 513 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.

About this data

Every line is an official published record for the Carrum Downs area - we don't rate, score or rank any of them. Where a line is missing, treat it as not checked rather than clear. What each line covers and does not →

Source: Vicmap Planning, © The State of Victoria, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action - CC BY 4.0 · Designated Bushfire Prone Area, © State of Victoria, Department of Transport and Planning - CC BY 4.0 · Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026 · ABS Census 2021 (G37 tenure and landlord type) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) - road classification

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