2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kaniva · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kaniva
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Kaniva are occupied by a single person, creating a community with many small homes. The town is largely made up of couples and people living alone, resulting in a typical household size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Kaniva — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home is only 2.1, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the 35.4% of people living alone, a figure well above both the Victorian and national averages.
35.4% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kaniva splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.6% of families, while 38.2% are couples without children. One-parent families represent 12.8% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
12.8% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kaniva, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Kaniva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21295/kaniva/topic/family-households