Victoria - City, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 18,370
2 persons: 12,790
Here:

69.6%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 3,255
Here:

17.7%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 1,835
Here:

10.0%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 490
Here:

2.7%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 10,320
Here:

69.0%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 4,635
Here:

31.0%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 2,785
Here:

81.4%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 635
Here:

18.6%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 11,930
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.6
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 3,280
Here:

27.5%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 3,920
Here:

32.9%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 1,315
Here:

11.0%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 2,030
Here:

17.0%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 1,380
Here:

11.6%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in this city

Number of children - Married couples

Number of children - Common-law couples

Number of children - Female lone parent

Number of children - Male lone parent

Households characteristics

Average number of persons per family
Here:

2.5
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 76,030
Male:

35,925
Female:

40,105
Living with relatives
Total: 1,430
Here:

1.9%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 620
This city:

1.7%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 805
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 8,275
Here:

10.9%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 4,350
This city:

12.1%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 3,925
This city:

9.8%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 21,070
This city:

27.7%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 9,295
This city:

25.9%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 11,770
Here:

29.3%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 45,255
Here:

59.5%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 21,650
Here:

60.3%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 23,600
This city:

58.8%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 12,025
Male:

5,065
Female:

6,960
Living with relatives
Total: 215
Here:

1.8%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 60
Here:

1.2%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 160
This city:

2.3%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 265
Here:

2.2%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 135
Here:

2.7%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 135
This city:

1.9%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 5,600
Here:

46.6%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 1,660
This city:

32.8%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 3,940
This city:

56.6%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 5,940
This city:

49.4%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 3,215
This city:

63.5%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 2,720
This city:

39.1%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 9,655
Here:

22.5%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 4,275
Here:

10.0%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,930
Here:

6.8%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 410
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 270
Here:

0.6%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 355
Here:

0.8%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 235
Here:

0.5%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 21,070
Here:

49.0%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 3,760
Here:

8.8%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

1.8
State:

2.5
1 person: 21,065
Here:

49.0%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 14,895
Here:

34.7%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 3,995
Here:

9.3%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 2,160
Here:

5.0%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 595
Here:

1.4%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 245
Here:

0.6%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Victoria


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Source: Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13 2007 and Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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