2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caulfield East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caulfield East
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Caulfield East are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area is much less crowded than the state average, with fewer people living in each home.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 East — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here at 37.5%, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone, the typical home has only 2.2 people, slightly lower than the 2.5 seen across Victoria.
37.5% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Caulfield East, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children (60.2%), while one-parent families make up 8.8% of the total. This last figure is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.8% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caulfield East, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20522/caulfield-east/topic/family-households