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Cavan SA 5094

403 addresses · 20 streets

Makin Electorate › Salisbury LGA › Cavan · 11 km from Adelaide

Living Here

Cavan is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 32 people, with a median age of 17. The typical household earns around $899 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

32Population
17Median age
$899Median household income / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Pooraka statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cavan itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Dry Creek, 1.6 km south-west · Bus interchange: Mawson Interchange, 2.7 km north-east · Airport: Adelaide Airport, 14.2 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs9/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 9.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cavan

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Cavan SA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20209.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20218.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 40% · Labour-force participation 16.1%

Population by age in Cavan
Population by age, Cavan SA (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-140
15-1923
20-240
25-340
35-440
45-543
55-640
65-743
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Cavan
Dwelling types, Cavan SA (ABS Census 2021)
House6
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Top ancestries in Cavan
Top ancestries, Cavan SA (ABS Census 2021)
Ancestry NS18
English5
Chinese4
Vietnamese4
Australian3
Aboriginal0
Housing tenure in Cavan
Housing tenure, Cavan SA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned3
Mortgage0
Rented0
Other0
Cars per household in Cavan
Cars per household, Cavan SA (ABS Census 2021)
00
15
20
30
4+0
Top countries of birth in Cavan
Top countries of birth, Cavan SA (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnam3
Languages used at home in Cavan
Languages used at home, Cavan SA (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

77,440 bird observations recorded near Cavan — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cavan

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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