Kaniva

16.2% of Kaniva's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

244 family households lived in Kaniva; 34.8% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

28.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Kaniva had 891 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 95.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kaniva.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

65.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

19.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Kaniva had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 11.9% had four or more usual residents.

12.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

57.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.6% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

61.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.5% reported a different address.

6.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

93.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

6.2% of Kaniva's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Kaniva.

Australian ancestry made up 45.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 28.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

33.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 16.3% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $1,121 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $715.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 12.6% in Kaniva, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 65.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 15.6% in Kaniva, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..