Cobourg - Town, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 5,485
2 persons: 3,310
Here:

60.3%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 1,050
Here:

19.1%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 785
Here:

14.3%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 335
Here:

6.1%
State:

9.1%

This town Family Size

Married couples: 3,805
Here:

84.1%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 720
Here:

15.9%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 775
Here:

80.7%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 180
Here:

18.8%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this town

Children in Families

Total children in families: 4,690
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 945
Here:

20.1%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 1,565
Here:

33.4%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 635
Here:

13.5%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 1,010
Here:

21.5%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 535
Here:

11.4%
State:

13.1%

Age of children in families in this town

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:

2.7
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 17,850
Male:

8,365
Female:

9,485
Living with relatives
Total: 250
Here:

1.4%
Ontario:

2.3%
Male: 100
This town:

1.2%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 155
Here:

1.6%
Ontario:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 430
Here:

2.4%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 250
This town:

3.0%
Ontario:

3.8%
Female: 185
Here:

2.0%
Province:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 2,470
This town:

13.8%
Province:

9.7%
Male: 820
Here:

9.8%
Province:

8.8%
Female: 1,650
Here:

17.4%
Province:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 14,695
This town:

82.3%
Ontario:

84.6%
Male: 7,200
This town:

86.1%
Ontario:

85.6%
Female: 7,500
Here:

79.1%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 4,325
Male:

1,850
Female:

2,475
Living with relatives
Total: 105
Here:

2.4%
Province:

6.0%
Male: 25
Here:

1.4%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 80
This town:

3.2%
Province:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 55
This town:

1.3%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 20
This town:

1.1%
Ontario:

1.8%
Female: 35
This town:

1.4%
Ontario:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 1,225
This town:

28.3%
Province:

24.4%
Male: 260
This town:

14.1%
Province:

14.9%
Female: 970
This town:

39.2%
Ontario:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 2,935
This town:

67.9%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 1,545
Here:

83.5%
Ontario:

80.5%
Female: 1,390
Here:

56.2%
Ontario:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 2,565
Here:

31.9%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 1,710
Here:

21.3%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 795
Here:

9.9%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 65
Here:

0.8%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 80
Here:

1.0%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 90
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 90
Here:

1.1%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 2,465
Here:

30.6%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 185
Here:

2.3%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.6
1 person: 2,470
Here:

30.7%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 3,215
Here:

40.0%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 1,100
Here:

13.7%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 835
Here:

10.4%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 320
Here:

4.0%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 110
Here:

1.4%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in this town


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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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