Kootenay - Columbia, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 26,530
2 persons: 16,000
Here:

60.3%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 4,855
Here:

18.3%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 4,090
Here:

15.4%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 1,585
Here:

6.0%
State:

7.3%

This district Family Size

Married couples: 18,910
Here:

81.3%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 4,345
Here:

18.7%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 2,410
Here:

73.7%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 855
Here:

26.1%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this district

Children in Families

Total children in families: 21,760
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 5,440
Here:

25.0%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 7,990
Here:

36.7%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 3,020
Here:

13.9%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 3,645
Here:

16.8%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 1,675
Here:

7.7%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in this district

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:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 86,460
Male:

43,415
Female:

43,045
Living with relatives
Total: 1,245
This district:

1.4%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 580
This district:

1.3%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 660
This district:

1.5%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 3,475
Here:

4.0%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 2,040
Here:

4.7%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 1,435
Here:

3.3%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 10,200
Here:

11.8%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 5,145
This district:

11.9%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 5,050
This district:

11.7%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 71,550
This district:

82.8%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 35,650
This district:

82.1%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 35,900
Here:

83.4%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 14,605
Male:

7,205
Female:

7,405
Living with relatives
Total: 325
This district:

2.2%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 95
Here:

1.3%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Female: 230
Here:

3.1%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 255
This district:

1.7%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 140
This district:

1.9%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 115
Here:

1.6%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 4,015
This district:

27.5%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 1,400
Here:

19.4%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 2,610
Here:

35.2%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 10,010
This district:

68.5%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 5,565
This district:

77.2%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 4,445
Here:

60.0%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 13,180
Here:

34.9%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 8,675
Here:

23.0%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,630
Here:

7.0%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 460
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 425
Here:

1.1%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 395
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 380
Here:

1.0%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 10,200
Here:

27.0%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,385
Here:

3.7%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.5
1 person: 10,200
Here:

27.0%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 15,875
Here:

42.1%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 5,215
Here:

13.8%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 4,425
Here:

11.7%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 1,400
Here:

3.7%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 620
Here:

1.6%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Kootenay


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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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