2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caulfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caulfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Caulfield consist of couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area reflects a mix of family life and independent living, with a typical home hosting about 2.4 people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Caulfield — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 26.7% of people here live alone, which is higher than most areas. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 35.6% of all households.
26.7% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Caulfield, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 10.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. Other families and couples without children account for 1.4% and 29.4% respectively.
10.6% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caulfield, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Caulfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20521/caulfield/topic/family-households