# Caulfield East

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**Caulfield East** is an inner suburb in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Australia](/source/Australia), 10 km south-east of Melbourne's [Central Business District](/source/Melbourne_central_business_district), located within the [City of Glen Eira](/source/City_of_Glen_Eira) [local government area](/source/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria). Caulfield East recorded a population of 1,293 at the [2021 census](/source/2021_Australian_census).[1]

The suburb contains landmarks such as the [Caulfield Racecourse](/source/Caulfield_Racecourse), [Caulfield railway station](/source/Caulfield_railway_station), the Caulfield Campus of [Monash University](/source/Monash_University) and [Glen Eira College](/source/Glen_Eira_College). The suburb is bounded by Booran Road and Kambrook Road to the west, [Dandenong Road](/source/Dandenong_Road) 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.[2]

## Population

As of the [2016 census](/source/2016_Australian_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%.[3]

## Shopping

Located on [Dandenong Road](/source/Princes_Highway), Caulfield Plaza Shopping Centre features 15 different stores and services, with two of these being [anchor tenants](/source/Anchor_tenant).[4][5] The centre is owned by Monash University which acquired the centre after the purchase of the [Chisholm Institute of Technology](/source/Chisholm_Institute_of_Technology) in 1990.[6][7]

## See also

- [City of Caulfield](/source/City_of_Caulfield) – Caulfield East was previously within this former local government area.

## References

1. Premier Postal History, ["Post Office List"](https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=), retrieved 11 April 2008

1. ["Caulfield Plaza Shopping Centre located in Victoria, location, hours, store list, directions"](https://www.australia-shoppings.com/malls-centres/victoria/caulfield-east/caulfield-plaza-shopping-centre). *Australia Shoppings*. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

1. ["Caulfield Plaza Shopping Centre"](http://caulfield-centre.edan.io/). *caulfield-centre.edan.io*. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

1. ["Caulfield Institute of Technology / Chisholm Institute of Technology 1968 - 1990"](https://www.monash.edu/records-archives/archives/online-resources/graduation-ceremonies-database/caulfield). *Records Archives*. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

1. Assembly, Victoria Parliament Legislative (1988). [*Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: Legislative Assembly*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bEQSAQAAMAAJ). Government Printer, South Africa.

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