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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 23,885
2 persons: 14,240
Here:

59.6%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 4,770
Here:

20.0%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 3,630
Here:

15.2%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 1,240
Here:

5.2%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 15,950
Here:

81.2%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 3,695
Here:

18.8%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 3,325
Here:

78.4%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 915
Here:

21.6%
State:

21.5%

Family types in Nanaimo

Children in Families

Total children in families: 20,335
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 4,740
Here:

23.3%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 7,140
Here:

35.1%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 2,675
Here:

13.2%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 3,880
Here:

19.1%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 1,900
Here:

9.3%
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:

2.7
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 81,565
Male:

39,465
Female:

42,095
Living with relatives
Total: 1,645
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 690
This city:

1.7%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 955
This city:

2.3%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 5,140
This city:

6.3%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 2,905
This city:

7.4%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 2,235
Here:

5.3%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 10,920
Here:

13.4%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 4,625
This city:

11.7%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 6,295
Here:

15.0%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 63,865
Here:

78.3%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 31,250
Here:

79.2%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 32,615
This city:

77.5%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 14,865
Male:

6,960
Female:

7,900
Living with relatives
Total: 445
This city:

3.0%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 95
Here:

1.4%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Female: 350
This city:

4.4%
Province:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 330
Here:

2.2%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 160
This city:

2.3%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 170
Here:

2.2%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 4,165
This city:

28.0%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 1,235
Here:

17.7%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 2,935
Here:

37.2%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 9,925
This city:

66.8%
Province:

67.1%
Male: 5,480
This city:

78.7%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 4,445
This city:

56.3%
British Columbia:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 10,580
Here:

29.2%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 7,150
Here:

19.7%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,270
Here:

9.0%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 555
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 540
Here:

1.5%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 685
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 545
Here:

1.5%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 10,920
Here:

30.2%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,965
Here:

5.4%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.5
1 person: 10,915
Here:

30.1%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 14,080
Here:

38.9%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 5,250
Here:

14.5%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 3,990
Here:

11.0%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 1,355
Here:

3.7%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 610
Here:

1.7%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Nanaimo


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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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