2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Canadian · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Canadian
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Canadian, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community where one-person households are common, even as many families with children continue to call the area home.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Canadian — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of the population live by themselves, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages. Despite this, the typical home size is 2.4 people, which is about the same as across Australia.
29.9% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Canadian splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While couples with children are the most common family type at 53.5%, these single-parent households are well above the state average.
16.9% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Canadian, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Canadian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20461/canadian/topic/family-households