Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 16,510
2 persons: 10,335
Here:

62.6%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 2,970
Here:

18.0%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 2,315
Here:

14.0%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 885
Here:

5.4%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 11,495
Here:

82.2%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 2,500
Here:

17.9%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 2,015
Here:

80.0%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 505
Here:

20.0%
State:

21.5%

Family types in Courtenay

Children in Families

Total children in families: 13,035
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 2,890
Here:

22.2%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 4,910
Here:

37.7%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 1,905
Here:

14.6%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 2,265
Here:

17.4%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 1,055
Here:

8.1%
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:

2.6
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 54,190
Male:

26,105
Female:

28,085
Living with relatives
Total: 850
Here:

1.6%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 380
This city:

1.5%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 470
Here:

1.7%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,570
This city:

4.7%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 1,470
Here:

5.6%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 1,100
Here:

3.9%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 7,240
This city:

13.4%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 2,990
This city:

11.5%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 4,250
This city:

15.1%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 43,540
Here:

80.3%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 21,260
Here:

81.4%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 22,270
Here:

79.3%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 11,545
Male:

5,530
Female:

6,010
Living with relatives
Total: 280
Here:

2.4%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 70
This city:

1.3%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Female: 205
Here:

3.4%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 280
This city:

2.4%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 145
This city:

2.6%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 130
This city:

2.2%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 3,030
This city:

26.2%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 945
This city:

17.1%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 2,090
Here:

34.8%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 7,960
This city:

68.9%
Province:

67.1%
Male: 4,375
This city:

79.1%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 3,590
Here:

59.7%
British Columbia:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 8,215
Here:

33.5%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 4,825
Here:

19.7%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,995
Here:

8.1%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 320
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 305
Here:

1.2%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 375
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 240
Here:

1.0%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 7,240
Here:

29.5%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,010
Here:

4.1%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.5
1 person: 7,240
Here:

29.5%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 10,275
Here:

41.9%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 3,285
Here:

13.4%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 2,505
Here:

10.2%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 860
Here:

3.5%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 345
Here:

1.4%
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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