The editable area html as bellow -
<div class="... ck-editor__editable ck-editor__editable_inline ..."> ... </div>
So you can write css for change editable area height.
You can write css as bellow -
.ck-editor__editable_inline {
min-height: 400px;
}
OR
.ck-editor__editable {
min-height: 500px;
}