St. Catharines - City, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 36,945
2 persons: 19,770
Here:

53.5%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 7,840
Here:

21.2%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 6,570
Here:

17.8%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 2,765
Here:

7.5%
State:

9.1%

St. Catharines Family Size

Married couples: 25,220
Here:

84.9%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 4,480
Here:

15.1%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 5,960
Here:

82.3%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 1,280
Here:

17.7%
State:

19.5%

Family types in St. Catharines

Children in Families

Total children in families: 37,470
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 7,465
Here:

19.9%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 11,920
Here:

31.8%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 4,805
Here:

12.8%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 8,285
Here:

22.1%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 4,990
Here:

13.3%
State:

13.1%

Age of children in families in St. Catharines

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:

2.8
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 128,770
Male:

61,740
Female:

67,030
Living with relatives
Total: 2,430
Here:

1.9%
Province:

2.3%
Male: 1,005
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 1,425
This city:

2.1%
Province:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 5,340
Here:

4.1%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 2,975
Here:

4.8%
Ontario:

3.8%
Female: 2,370
Here:

3.5%
Province:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 16,885
Here:

13.1%
Ontario:

9.7%
Male: 6,920
This city:

11.2%
Province:

8.8%
Female: 9,960
Here:

14.9%
Ontario:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 104,115
This city:

80.9%
Province:

84.6%
Male: 50,835
Here:

82.3%
Province:

85.6%
Female: 53,280
This city:

79.5%
Ontario:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 23,440
Male:

10,320
Female:

13,120
Living with relatives
Total: 790
This city:

3.4%
Province:

6.0%
Male: 185
Here:

1.8%
Ontario:

2.8%
Female: 605
Here:

4.6%
Ontario:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 410
This city:

1.7%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 220
Here:

2.1%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 185
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 6,930
Here:

29.6%
Province:

24.4%
Male: 1,835
This city:

17.8%
Province:

14.9%
Female: 5,100
This city:

38.9%
Province:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 15,310
Here:

65.3%
Ontario:

67.8%
Male: 8,080
This city:

78.3%
Province:

80.5%
Female: 7,225
This city:

55.1%
Ontario:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 14,135
Here:

25.5%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 13,365
Here:

24.1%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 5,890
Here:

10.6%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 535
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 725
Here:

1.3%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 855
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 705
Here:

1.3%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 16,885
Here:

30.5%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,320
Here:

4.2%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.6
1 person: 16,880
Here:

30.5%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 19,655
Here:

35.5%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 8,265
Here:

14.9%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 6,945
Here:

12.5%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 2,575
Here:

4.6%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 1,100
Here:

2.0%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in St. Catharines


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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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