Canadian

17.7% of Canadian's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

1,033 family households lived in Canadian; 39.5% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

39.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Canadian had 4,098 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 85.8% of occupied private dwellings in Canadian.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

28.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

36.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Canadian had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 21.7% had four or more usual residents.

16.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

60.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

4.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 40.7% of the total.

54.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.5% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

84.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.3% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

13.0% of Canadian's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

2.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in Canadian.

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.4% of responses.

22.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.6%.

Median household income was $1,438 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 16.8% in Canadian, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 28.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 35.3% in Canadian, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..