Grande Prairie - City, Alberta, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 14,750
2 persons: 6,900
Here:

46.8%
State:

48.5%
3 persons: 3,485
Here:

23.6%
State:

21.4%
4 persons: 3,020
Here:

20.5%
State:

20.4%
5 or more persons: 1,345
Here:

9.1%
State:

9.7%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 9,100
Here:

73.6%
State:

84.1%
Common-law couples: 3,270
Here:

26.4%
State:

15.9%
Female lone parent: 1,840
Here:

77.1%
State:

76.7%
Male lone parent: 545
Here:

22.9%
State:

23.3%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 16,410
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 5,595
Here:

34.1%
State:

25.9%
6 to 14 years: 5,970
Here:

36.4%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 1,940
Here:

11.8%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 2,185
Here:

13.3%
State:

18.4%
25 years and over: 715
Here:

4.4%
State:

8.2%

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:

3.0
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 54,390
Male:

27,865
Female:

26,525
Living with relatives
Total: 1,405
This city:

2.6%
Alberta:

2.4%
Male: 800
This city:

2.9%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 610
Here:

2.3%
Province:

2.5%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 4,490
This city:

8.3%
Alberta:

5.3%
Male: 2,880
Here:

10.3%
Province:

6.3%
Female: 1,605
This city:

6.1%
Alberta:

4.2%
Living alone
Total: 4,965
Here:

9.1%
Province:

9.6%
Male: 2,725
Here:

9.8%
Alberta:

9.4%
Female: 2,245
Here:

8.5%
Province:

9.8%
Living with census family
Total: 43,530
Here:

80.0%
Alberta:

82.7%
Male: 21,460
Here:

77.0%
Alberta:

81.9%
Female: 22,070
Here:

83.2%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 2,945
Male:

1,335
Female:

1,610
Living with relatives
Total: 120
Here:

4.1%
Alberta:

4.3%
Male: 30
This city:

2.2%
Alberta:

2.3%
Female: 90
This city:

5.6%
Alberta:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 75
This city:

2.5%
Province:

2.0%
Male: 35
This city:

2.6%
Province:

2.1%
Female: 40
Here:

2.5%
Alberta:

1.9%
Living alone
Total: 840
Here:

28.5%
Alberta:

25.0%
Male: 200
This city:

15.0%
Alberta:

15.8%
Female: 640
This city:

39.8%
Province:

33.0%
Living with census family
Total: 1,910
Here:

64.9%
Province:

68.7%
Male: 1,070
Here:

80.1%
Province:

79.8%
Female: 835
This city:

51.9%
Alberta:

58.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 4,840
Here:

22.9%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 6,240
Here:

29.5%
State:

29.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,700
Here:

8.0%
State:

7.7%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 445
Here:

2.1%
State:

1.5%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 425
Here:

2.0%
State:

2.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 475
Here:

2.2%
State:

1.6%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 305
Here:

1.4%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 4,965
Here:

23.4%
State:

24.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,780
Here:

8.4%
State:

5.6%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.6
State:

2.6
1 person: 4,965
Here:

23.4%
State:

24.7%
2 persons: 7,105
Here:

33.5%
State:

34.3%
3 persons: 3,930
Here:

18.6%
State:

16.2%
4 persons: 3,340
Here:

15.8%
State:

15.2%
5 persons: 1,255
Here:

5.9%
State:

6.1%
6 or more persons: 580
Here:

2.7%
State:

3.5%

Households sizes in this city


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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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