2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Caulfield North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Caulfield North
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements has shaped Caulfield North, where 31.3% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6% and helps explain why typical households here are smaller than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 North — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Caulfield North holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5. This lower density is linked to a high number of single-person households, which are much more common here than in most similar areas.
31.3% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Caulfield North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.8%, while one-parent families account for only 8.4%. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.4% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Caulfield North, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20523/caulfield-north/topic/family-households