Caulfield North is a suburb in Glen Eira, Victoria (postcode 3161), located in the Greater Melbourne region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 16,903 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

16,903

Median age

Household income

$2,205/wk

Weekly rent

$422

Unemployment

4.2%

SEIFA IRSD decile

10 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

5.2%

5-14

10.6%

15-19

4.9%

20-24

7.9%

25-34

18.1%

35-44

13.2%

45-54

11.1%

55-64

9.8%

65-74

10.6%

75-84

5.2%

85+

3.4%

Housing tenure

Owned

31.3%

Mortgage

25.9%

Rented

39.8%

Other

1.6%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3161
Population (2021)	16,903
Males	8,112 (48.0%)
Females	8,790 (52.0%)
Median age	37 years
Average household size	2.3
Median weekly household income	$2,205
Median weekly family income	$3,080
Median weekly rent	$422
Median monthly mortgage	$2,500
Labour force	9,371
Unemployment rate	4.2%
Participation rate	69.1%
Born overseas	36.4%
Separate houses	31.3%
Worked at home	40.9%
SEIFA IRSD decile	10 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	76.4%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	87.9%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	0.3%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	4.6%
Households with 2+ vehicles	45.0%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	8.3 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 37 years. Residents under 15: 15.7%. Residents aged 65 and over: 19.3%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	872	5.2%
5-14	1,786	10.6%
15-19	830	4.9%
20-24	1,329	7.9%
25-34	3,062	18.1%
35-44	2,235	13.2%
45-54	1,882	11.1%
55-64	1,650	9.8%
65-74	1,799	10.6%
75-84	878	5.2%
85 and over	580	3.4%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	6,773
Average household size	2.3
One person	2,122	31.3%
Two persons	2,393	35.3%
Three persons	906	13.4%
Four persons	769	11.4%
Five persons	409	6.0%
Six or more persons	176	2.6%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	4,266
Couples with children	224	5.3%
Couples without children	1,938	45.4%
One-parent families	450	10.5%
Other families	71	1.7%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.32
Women with no children	43.8%
Women with three or more children	21.5%

Of the 1,805 couple families with children in Caulfield North, 5.4% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Caulfield North.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	45.0%
Married (de facto)	12.1%
Not married	42.9%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	7,815
Occupied	6,773	86.7%
Unoccupied	1,046	13.4%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	2,449	31.3%
Semi-detached or townhouse	1,640	21.0%
Flat or apartment	2,669	34.2%
Other dwelling	7	0.1%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	2,119	31.3%
Owned with a mortgage	1,752	25.9%
Rented	2,699	39.8%
Other tenure	110	1.6%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	22.9%
$350 to $549 per week	51.0%
$550 or more per week	26.2%

2.6% of renting households rent through a state or community housing provider.

Monthly mortgage repayments

Repayment band	Share of mortgaged households
Under $1,000	13.8%
$1,000 to $1,799	17.1%
$1,800 to $2,999	27.2%
$3,000 or more	41.9%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	12.5%
Two bedrooms	34.9%
Three bedrooms	28.4%
Four or more bedrooms	24.2%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	9,371
Employed	8,973	95.8%
Unemployed	395	4.2%
Not in the labour force	4,200
Unemployment rate	4.2%
Participation rate	69.1%

38.7% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

Household incomes in Caulfield North are distributed across the following weekly bands.

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	14.3%
$650 to $1,499	20.8%
$1,500 to $2,999	28.0%
$3,000 or more	37.0%

For residents aged 15 and over, personal weekly income is distributed as follows.

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	27.1%
$500 to $999	18.1%
$1,000 to $1,999	29.2%
$2,000 or more	25.7%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	3,205	35.7%
Car passenger	172	1.9%
Train	225	2.5%
Bus	32	0.4%
Tram	135	1.5%
Bicycle	69	0.8%
Walked only	184	2.1%
Worked at home	3,673	40.9%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	2,982	17.6%
No religion	4,932	29.2%
Islam	106	0.6%
Hinduism	428	2.5%
Buddhism	249	1.5%
Judaism	6,891	40.8%
Other or not stated	1,315	7.8%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

SEIFA deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged) nationally.

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1091	10	94
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	1127	10
IER (economic resources)	1022	5
IEO (education and occupation)	1158	10

Where residents were born

62.0% of residents were born in Australia and 38.0% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Caulfield North are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	809	5.0%
South Africa	638	3.9%
India	472	2.9%
England	459	2.8%
New Zealand	232	1.4%
Poland	224	1.4%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	28.3%
2011 to 2015	14.3%
2001 to 2010	16.2%
Before 2001	41.2%

Languages spoken at home

72.6% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Caulfield North are listed below. Across all households, 2.5% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Chinese: Mandarin	863	5.3%
Russian	361	2.2%
French	284	1.8%
Greek	250	1.5%
Spanish	197	1.2%
Chinese: Cantonese	171	1.1%

Ancestry

Residents of Caulfield North most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
Australian	3,958	18.3%
English	3,209	14.8%
Polish	1,593	7.4%
Chinese	1,323	6.1%
Irish	1,104	5.1%
Scottish	837	3.9%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Caulfield North residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	1,441	16.9%
Health Care and Social Assistance	1,421	16.6%
Education and Training	996	11.7%
Retail Trade	783	9.2%
Financial and Insurance Services	570	6.7%
Accommodation and Food Services	498	5.8%

The most common occupations among Caulfield North residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Professionals	3,714	42.3%
Managers	1,659	18.9%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	997	11.4%
Community and Personal Service Workers	832	9.5%
Sales Workers	640	7.3%
Technicians and Trades Workers	508	5.8%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Caulfield North, 33.4% are at university or higher education, 6.7% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 56.2% are at school.

87.9% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

The most common fields of study among Caulfield North residents with qualifications are listed below.

Field of study	People	Share
Management and Commerce	2,619	27.0%
Society and Culture	1,774	18.3%
Health	1,273	13.1%
Education	879	9.1%
Engineering and Related Technologies	809	8.3%
Creative Arts	673	6.9%

Long-term health conditions

60.5% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Caulfield North are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	1,298	7.2%
Asthma	1,171	6.5%
Arthritis	1,073	5.9%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	632	3.5%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	600	3.3%
Cancer (including remission)	463	2.6%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	172	0.9%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	149	0.8%
Kidney disease	137	0.8%
Stroke	100	0.6%

18.6% of residents report one condition, 5.1% report two, and 2.2% report three or more.

Community and care

How residents of Caulfield North contribute to their community (share of residents aged 15 and over).

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	20.5%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	13.4%
Provides unpaid child care	51.8%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	16.5%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	1.0%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	79.9%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	13.9%
Moved interstate in the last year	1.2%
Moved from overseas in the last year	1.3%
Same address 5 years ago	52.5%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	25.7%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	3.9%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	10.3%

Photo: Caulfield North, Victoria. Credit: Biatch at English Wikipedia / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 895 offences in Caulfield North in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	91
B Property and deception offences	678
C Drug offences	34
D Public order and security offences	47
E Justice procedures offences	42
F Other offences	3

That is a calculated rate of 52.9 recorded offences per 1,000 residents, based on the ABS Census 2021 population. This rate was calculated by My Victoria AU and is not a Crime Statistics Agency figure.

For context, the Glen Eira local government area recorded 4,641 offences per 100,000 residents in the same period. That figure is the official Crime Statistics Agency rate for the LGA.

Five-year trend

2022
754

2023
754

2024
802

2025
901

2026
895

Recorded offences count crimes reported to Victoria Police in this locality, not crimes committed by or against its residents. Areas with shopping centres, transport hubs, hospitals or entertainment precincts record more offences regardless of how safe they are for people who live there. Counts are revised as investigations progress.

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, Data tables - Recorded offences, Year ending March 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Rates per 1,000 residents are calculations by My Victoria AU using ABS Census 2021 population and are not CSA figures. View the source dataset.

Location

Nearby suburbs

Caulfield (1.5 km)
Armadale (1.5 km)
Malvern (1.7 km)
Caulfield East (2.0 km)
St Kilda East (2.0 km)

Browse more suburbs in Glen Eira, or explore the wider Greater Melbourne region of Victoria.

Data disclaimer: The statistics on this page are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Census of Population and Housing 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (ASGS Edition 3), and are used under the ABS CC BY 4.0 licence. This directory is an independent community resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the ABS.

Caulfield North

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At a glance

Age distribution

Housing tenure

Key statistics

Age profile

Households and families

Children ever born

Marital status

Housing

Weekly rent

Monthly mortgage repayments

Bedrooms per dwelling

Employment

Household income

Travel to work

Religious affiliation

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

Where residents were born

When overseas-born residents arrived

Languages spoken at home

Ancestry

Work and industry

Education

Long-term health conditions

Community and care

Moving and stability

Crime and safety

Five-year trend

Location

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