Caulfield East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,237 people in Caulfield East of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Caulfield East was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Caulfield East aged 15 years and over, 39.7% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Caulfield East was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Caulfield East, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Caulfield East was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Caulfield East 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.1% were in primary school, 10.8% in secondary school and 51.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Caulfield East were English 20.1%, Australian 18.6%, Irish 9.8%, Chinese 8.1% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Caulfield East, 56.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.0%, India 5.7%, England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.0% and Sri Lanka 1.7%.

In Caulfield East, 40.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 48.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Caulfield East were No Religion 30.7%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 9.7%, Eastern Orthodox 5.1% and Buddhism 4.8%.

In Caulfield East 63.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.2%, Greek 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.8%, Italian 1.4% and Telugu 1.4%.

Employment

There were 717 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Caulfield East. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Caulfield East, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Caulfield East was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Caulfield East included Professionals 29.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Managers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Caulfield East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 5.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.5% and Horse and Dog Racing Activities 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Caulfield East was $602.

In Caulfield East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.3%, Train 18.2%, Walked only 5.8%, Car, as passenger 3.2% and Train, tram 1.7%. On the day, 26.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Caulfield East, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.3% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Caulfield East, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Caulfield East, 45.6% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Caulfield East 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Caulfield East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,694 and those without children was $2,160.

Employment status of couple families

In Caulfield East, of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Caulfield East, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caulfield East, 45.7% were separate houses, 21.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.6% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Caulfield East, of occupied private dwellings 12.8% had 1 bedroom, 31.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Caulfield East, 29.8% were owned outright, 27.8% were owned with a mortgage and 37.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Caulfield East, of all households, 54.9% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 12.8% were group households.

In Caulfield East, 28.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Caulfield East, 40.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Caulfield East, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 37 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Caulfield East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Caulfield East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.