Craigieburn - Melbourne Suburbs

Craigieburn

Intro 

Craigieburn is a suburb of Melbourne and is located about 26 km north of Melbourne’s CBD. The City of Hume is Craigieburn’s local municipality. Post code is 3064.

Craigieburn is a popular place to live in Hume with over 50,000 people residing here. This is a growing suburb. It has fantastic library facilities, parks, trails, sporting facilities, schools, medical centres, shopping centres and parks. There is also a cinema in Craigieburn. 

Demographics

According to the 2016 census, the population of Craigieburn was at 50,347. 49.8% make the female population and 50.2% of male population. 0.8% of the population is comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Median age of people in Craigieburn is 30. 

Common ancestries include 13.3% English, 14.5% of Australians, 10.2% Indian, 6.1% Italian and 4.1% Turkish.  

Major religions in this city reported Islam, No religion, Catholic and Sikhism - where Christianity was the largest group among these. 

The top languages spoken were English, Arabic, Punjabi, Turkish, Hindi and Sinhalese.

Common professions in Craigieburn are professionals, clerics and admin workers, machinery operators and drivers, technicians, trade workers, personal service workers and community workers.

Median weekly individual income was at $616 and median weekly income for household showed $1504.

Weekly rent showed a median of $335 and median mortgage monthly repayments were $1733.

Schools

There are a number of primary schools and catholic schools in Craigieburn which are listed below:

There is also a dance school called RPA Studios Craigieburn and a swim school available called JUMP! Swim Schools Craigieburn.

Transport 

Mostly trains and buses are used for public transportation. Craigieburn Railway station is available and there are six bus services that run which include route 544, 532, 528, 529, 533 and NightRider route 954.

Health

There are many clinics situated in Craigieburn where you can find good and experienced General Practitioners. Here is a list of medical centres in Craigieburn:

There are also dental clinics available in Craigieburn such as Dental One, Craigieburn Dental Gallery, Hardy Avenue Dental Surgery and Craigieburn Dental Care 

Real Estate 

If you are looking to buy a house or just want general information of the median of buying a house or unit in Craigieburn, following are the 2018 figures:

The market in Craigieburn is considered to be a high demand market due to its increased popularity.

Shopping

Craigieburn has 3 shopping centres which includes Stockland Highlands Shopping Centre, Craigieburn Central and Craigieburn Plaza. 

Things to do 

Craigieburn has many sporting facilities which include BMX track, bowling club, hike and bike trails, tennis courts, etc. Here are the names of places you can visit:

There is also a Cinema Hall called United Cinemas Craigieburn.

Restaurants

Craigieburn has a wide range of restaurants serving mouth-watering dishes from a variety of cuisines. Some names of places to eat are given below:

What Local Residents Say

According to local residents: