Population

Population and villages

The town of Ivanec includes 29 villages: Bedenec, Cerje Tuzno, Gacice, Geckovec, Horvatsko, Ivanec, Ivanecka Zeljeznica, Ivanecki Vrhovec, Ivanecko Naselje, Jerovec, Kaniza, Knapic, Lancic, Lovrecan, Lukavec, Margecan, Osecka, Pece, Prigorec, Punikve, Radovan, Ribic Breg, Salinovec, Seljanec, Staznjevec, Skriljevec, Vitesinec, Vuglovec i Zeljeznica. (Table 1)

Table 1: Population, number of househoulds and housing 

VILLAGE	POPULATION	HOUSEHOLDS	HOUSING
Bedenec	732	221	263
Cerje Tuzno	182	47	100
Gacice	355	102	142
Geckovec	116	42	59
Horvatsko	173	49	50
Ivanec	5.234	1.654	2.123
Ivanecka Zeljeznica	253	75	101
Ivanecki Vrhovec	307	84	128
Ivanecko Naselje	237	67	72
Jerovec	827	238	285
Kaniza	287	96	115
Knapic	62	23	52
Lancic	299	87	95
Lovrecan	490	131	163
Lukavec	141	34	97
Margecan	384	106	137
Osecka	220	62	82
Pece	81	23	24
Prigorec	531	155	219
Punikve	445	123	228
Radovan	372	104	121
Ribic Breg	145	38	47
Salinovec	512	146	288
Seljanec	223	48	49
Staznjevec	340	106	137
Skriljevec	247	71	139
Vitesinec	96	30	59
Vuglovec	333	103	131
Zeljeznica	134	32	43
TOTAL	13.758	4.097	5.549

Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2011 Population Census

The total population of the town of Ivanec is 13 758, and the number of households is 4097, which means that the average number of household members is 3.36 members.
Population density in the town of Ivanec is 145,28 per square kilometer, thus being higher than in the Varazdin County (139,50 per square kilometer). Ivanec has the highest population (5234), whereas Knapic has the smallest number of inhabitants- only 62.

Depopulation is present in the majority of villages. According to the 2011 Population Census the town population (13 758) is lower by 4.68% (676 residents) compared to the 2001 population, when it amounted to 14 434.

Table 2: Natural change in population in the town of Ivanec in 2010 and 2011

YEAR	BORN	DIED	NATURAL INCREASE	VITAL INDEX
2010	135	177	42	76,3
2011	138	178	40	77,5

 

Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, announcement nr.: 7.1.1. (19 July 2011/ 19 July 2012)

The natural increase in population was negative in 2010 ( -42 inhabitants). Vital index (the ratio of births to deaths) was 76.3. (Table 2)

The participation of the agricultural population in the overall structure of population has decreased, especially in the town of Ivanec urban centre. Therefore the process of deagrarization has been present, caused by the industrialization process in the area, which tells us that urbanization is becoming more and more present in this traditionally agricultural area.