Caulfield East is a suburb in

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, 14 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

City of Glen Eira The City of Glen Eira is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of and has an estimated population of 153,858 (51.6% female and 48.4% male). It was formed in 1994 ...

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. Caulfield East recorded a population of 1,293 at the 2021 census. The suburb contains landmarks such as the

Caulfield Racecourse Caulfield Racecourse Reserve is located nine kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, on the boundary of Caulfield and Caulfield East in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. The Reserve was set aside for three purposes, racing, recreation and a publi ...

Caulfield railway station Caulfield railway station is a Commuter rail, commuter railway station on the northern boundary of Caulfield East, Victoria, Caulfield East, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The station is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, an ...

, the Caulfield Campus of

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and

Glen Eira College Glen Eira College (GEC) is a co-educational, public secondary school located in Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on Booran road and backs on to Caulfield Racecourse Reserve. The current Booran Road school was originally Caul ...

. The suburb is bounded by Booran Road and Kambrook Road to the west,

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to the north, Grange Road to the east and Neerim Road to the south.

History

Caulfield East Post Office opened on 6 December 1888, and was known briefly in 1928 and 1929 as Malvern East.

Population

As of the 2016 census, Caulfield East had a population of 1,584. 43.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was China at 22.7%. 49.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin at 22.9%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 45.7% and Catholic 17.4%.

Shopping

Located on

, Caulfield Plaza Shopping Centre features 15 different stores and services, with two of these being

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. The centre is owned by Monash University which acquired the centre after the purchase of the

Chisholm Institute of Technology Monash University, Caulfield campus is a campus of Monash University located in Caulfield East, which is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. The campus comprises 13,400 students of which 52.8% are female and 57.1% of stu ...

in 1990.

References

{{City of Glen Eira suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Glen Eira

History

Population

Shopping

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