Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 633,460
2 persons: 294,465
Here:

46.5%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 148,630
Here:

23.5%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 140,635
Here:

22.2%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 49,730
Here:

7.9%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 467,335
Here:

87.3%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 67,845
Here:

12.7%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 78,930
Here:

80.3%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 19,350
Here:

19.7%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 690,760
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 136,750
Here:

19.8%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 214,875
Here:

31.1%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 82,800
Here:

12.0%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 155,365
Here:

22.5%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 100,965
Here:

14.6%
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:

2.9
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 2,280,775
Male:

1,115,555
Female:

1,165,220
Living with relatives
Total: 63,575
This city:

2.8%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 23,920
Here:

2.1%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 39,655
This city:

3.4%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 106,050
Here:

4.6%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 57,060
This city:

5.1%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 48,990
Here:

4.2%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 251,750
Here:

11.0%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 115,650
This city:

10.4%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 136,090
This city:

11.7%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 1,859,400
This city:

81.5%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 918,915
Here:

82.4%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 940,485
Here:

80.7%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 293,195
Male:

134,660
Female:

158,530
Living with relatives
Total: 21,475
This city:

7.3%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 4,520
Here:

3.4%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 16,955
Here:

10.7%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 6,000
This city:

2.0%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 2,860
This city:

2.1%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 3,135
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 72,370
This city:

24.7%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 21,680
Here:

16.1%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 50,690
Here:

32.0%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 193,360
This city:

65.9%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 105,605
Here:

78.4%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 87,755
Here:

55.4%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 191,495
Here:

21.5%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 245,120
Here:

27.5%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 73,830
Here:

8.3%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 11,440
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 27,470
Here:

3.1%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 11,825
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 34,315
Here:

3.8%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 251,750
Here:

28.2%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 44,100
Here:

4.9%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.6
State:

2.5
1 person: 251,745
Here:

28.2%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 272,575
Here:

30.6%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 142,085
Here:

15.9%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 134,530
Here:

15.1%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 52,765
Here:

5.9%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 37,635
Here:

4.2%
State:

3.3%

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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