Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 29,840
2 persons: 16,240
Here:

54.4%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 7,085
Here:

23.7%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 4,640
Here:

15.5%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 1,880
Here:

6.3%
State:

6.1%

Cape Breton Family Size

Married couples: 19,125
Here:

86.2%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 3,065
Here:

13.8%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 6,350
Here:

83.0%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 1,300
Here:

17.0%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this division

Children in Families

Total children in families: 30,305
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 5,460
Here:

18.0%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 9,085
Here:

30.0%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 3,765
Here:

12.4%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 6,810
Here:

22.5%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 5,185
Here:

17.1%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this division

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:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 99,695
Male:

47,365
Female:

52,325
Living with relatives
Total: 2,725
This division:

2.7%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 1,145
Here:

2.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 1,585
Here:

3.0%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,570
This division:

2.6%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 1,470
This division:

3.1%
Province:

4.6%
Female: 1,100
Here:

2.1%
Nova Scotia:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 12,070
Here:

12.1%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 5,000
This division:

10.6%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 7,065
This division:

13.5%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 82,325
This division:

82.6%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 39,750
Here:

83.9%
Nova Scotia:

83.0%
Female: 42,570
This division:

81.4%
Nova Scotia:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 18,460
Male:

8,055
Female:

10,405
Living with relatives
Total: 1,085
This division:

5.9%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 310
This division:

3.8%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 775
This division:

7.4%
Nova Scotia:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 310
Here:

1.7%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 160
This division:

2.0%
Nova Scotia:

2.0%
Female: 150
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 5,410
Here:

29.3%
Nova Scotia:

27.8%
Male: 1,605
Here:

19.9%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 3,810
This division:

36.6%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 11,660
This division:

63.2%
Province:

66.0%
Male: 5,990
Here:

74.4%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 5,670
This division:

54.5%
Province:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 10,585
Here:

25.0%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 9,620
Here:

22.7%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 5,860
Here:

13.8%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 455
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 600
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 910
Here:

2.2%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 890
Here:

2.1%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 12,070
Here:

28.5%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,340
Here:

3.2%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.3
1 person: 12,070
Here:

28.5%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 15,125
Here:

35.7%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 7,265
Here:

17.2%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 5,085
Here:

12.0%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 1,905
Here:

4.5%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 865
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in Cape Breton


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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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