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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 112,990
2 persons: 59,920
Here:

53.0%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 23,795
Here:

21.1%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 20,560
Here:

18.2%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 8,715
Here:

7.7%
State:

9.1%

St. Catharines Family Size

Married couples: 79,660
Here:

85.9%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 13,120
Here:

14.1%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 16,220
Here:

80.3%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 3,985
Here:

19.7%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 114,310
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 21,995
Here:

19.2%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 36,910
Here:

32.3%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 14,520
Here:

12.7%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 25,760
Here:

22.5%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 15,125
Here:

13.2%
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: 383,965
Male:

186,040
Female:

197,930
Living with relatives
Total: 7,280
This city:

1.9%
Province:

2.3%
Male: 2,955
This city:

1.6%
Ontario:

1.8%
Female: 4,325
This city:

2.2%
Ontario:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 12,135
This city:

3.2%
Ontario:

3.4%
Male: 6,730
This city:

3.6%
Province:

3.8%
Female: 5,405
This city:

2.7%
Province:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 44,475
This city:

11.6%
Ontario:

9.7%
Male: 18,660
This city:

10.0%
Ontario:

8.8%
Female: 25,820
This city:

13.0%
Ontario:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 320,085
This city:

83.4%
Province:

84.6%
Male: 157,700
This city:

84.8%
Province:

85.6%
Female: 162,385
Here:

82.0%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 69,675
Male:

31,440
Female:

38,235
Living with relatives
Total: 2,645
Here:

3.8%
Province:

6.0%
Male: 625
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 2,020
Here:

5.3%
Province:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,190
This city:

1.7%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 595
Here:

1.9%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 600
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 18,955
Here:

27.2%
Ontario:

24.4%
Male: 5,190
This city:

16.5%
Province:

14.9%
Female: 13,765
Here:

36.0%
Ontario:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 46,885
Here:

67.3%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 25,030
Here:

79.6%
Ontario:

80.5%
Female: 21,855
Here:

57.2%
Ontario:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 43,940
Here:

27.4%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 41,815
Here:

26.1%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 16,255
Here:

10.1%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 1,705
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 2,285
Here:

1.4%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 2,435
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 2,245
Here:

1.4%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 44,470
Here:

27.7%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 5,300
Here:

3.3%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.6
1 person: 44,475
Here:

27.7%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 58,225
Here:

36.3%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 24,730
Here:

15.4%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 21,475
Here:

13.4%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 8,015
Here:

5.0%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 3,535
Here:

2.2%
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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