Avalon, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 25,005
2 persons: 13,555
Here:

54.2%
State:

54.2%
3 persons: 5,810
Here:

23.2%
State:

23.9%
4 persons: 4,530
Here:

18.1%
State:

17.4%
5 or more persons: 1,110
Here:

4.4%
State:

4.4%

Avalon Family Size

Married couples: 18,835
Here:

87.9%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 2,600
Here:

12.1%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 2,875
Here:

80.4%
State:

80.8%
Male lone parent: 695
Here:

19.4%
State:

19.2%

Family types in Avalon

Children in Families

Total children in families: 21,970
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 4,345
Here:

19.8%
State:

20.7%
6 to 14 years: 7,070
Here:

32.2%
State:

33.2%
15 to 17 years: 2,570
Here:

11.7%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 4,510
Here:

20.5%
State:

20.3%
25 years and over: 3,475
Here:

15.8%
State:

13.8%

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:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 77,790
Male:

38,330
Female:

39,455
Living with relatives
Total: 1,450
This district:

1.9%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 560
This district:

1.5%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

1.8%
Female: 895
Here:

2.3%
Province:

2.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,165
Here:

1.5%
Province:

2.9%
Male: 625
Here:

1.6%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 545
Here:

1.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

2.6%
Living alone
Total: 6,750
Here:

8.7%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

9.1%
Male: 3,035
Here:

7.9%
Province:

7.9%
Female: 3,720
This district:

9.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

10.3%
Living with census family
Total: 68,420
This district:

88.0%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

85.8%
Male: 34,120
Here:

89.0%
Province:

87.0%
Female: 34,300
Here:

86.9%
Province:

84.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 13,075
Male:

6,225
Female:

6,850
Living with relatives
Total: 680
This district:

5.2%
Province:

5.4%
Male: 175
Here:

2.8%
Province:

3.0%
Female: 505
This district:

7.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 170
This district:

1.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

1.5%
Male: 90
Here:

1.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

1.6%
Female: 80
This district:

1.2%
Province:

1.4%
Living alone
Total: 3,050
Here:

23.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

22.9%
Male: 910
This district:

14.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

13.4%
Female: 2,140
This district:

31.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

31.2%
Living with census family
Total: 9,170
Here:

70.1%
Province:

70.3%
Male: 5,050
This district:

81.1%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

82.0%
Female: 4,125
Here:

60.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

59.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 10,360
Here:

32.7%
State:

31.0%
One-family households with children: 9,445
Here:

29.8%
State:

28.6%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,755
Here:

8.7%
State:

9.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 380
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 420
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 405
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 620
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.8%
One-person households: 6,750
Here:

21.3%
State:

22.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 580
Here:

1.8%
State:

3.3%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.5
State:

2.4
1 person: 6,750
Here:

21.3%
State:

22.2%
2 persons: 12,580
Here:

39.7%
State:

39.4%
3 persons: 5,890
Here:

18.6%
State:

18.9%
4 persons: 4,775
Here:

15.1%
State:

14.3%
5 persons: 1,300
Here:

4.1%
State:

3.9%
6 or more persons: 415
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%

Households sizes in Avalon


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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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