Dartmouth - Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 25,490
2 persons: 13,865
Here:

54.4%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 5,915
Here:

23.2%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 4,215
Here:

16.5%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 1,495
Here:

5.9%
State:

6.1%

Dartmouth Family Size

Married couples: 16,585
Here:

81.6%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 3,755
Here:

18.5%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 4,305
Here:

83.5%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 850
Here:

16.5%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this district

Children in Families

Total children in families: 24,360
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 5,490
Here:

22.5%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 7,840
Here:

32.2%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 2,975
Here:

12.2%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 5,375
Here:

22.1%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 2,680
Here:

11.0%
State:

11.5%

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:

2.8
State:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 88,010
Male:

42,015
Female:

45,990
Living with relatives
Total: 1,735
This district:

2.0%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 700
This district:

1.7%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 1,035
This district:

2.3%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 4,280
Here:

4.9%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 2,415
This district:

5.7%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 1,865
Here:

4.1%
Province:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 11,810
Here:

13.4%
Nova Scotia:

12.0%
Male: 4,980
Here:

11.9%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 6,830
This district:

14.9%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 70,185
Here:

79.7%
Nova Scotia:

81.9%
Male: 33,915
This district:

80.7%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 36,265
Here:

78.9%
Province:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 11,985
Male:

5,180
Female:

6,810
Living with relatives
Total: 500
This district:

4.2%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 95
This district:

1.8%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 410
Here:

6.0%
Nova Scotia:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 255
This district:

2.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 115
Here:

2.2%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 140
This district:

2.1%
Province:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 3,365
This district:

28.1%
Nova Scotia:

27.8%
Male: 845
This district:

16.3%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 2,525
Here:

37.1%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 7,865
This district:

65.6%
Province:

66.0%
Male: 4,125
Here:

79.6%
Nova Scotia:

78.0%
Female: 3,740
This district:

54.9%
Province:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 9,815
Here:

25.4%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 9,005
Here:

23.3%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 4,110
Here:

10.6%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 445
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 420
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 645
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 525
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 11,810
Here:

30.5%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,950
Here:

5.0%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.3
1 person: 11,810
Here:

30.5%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 13,965
Here:

36.1%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 6,315
Here:

16.3%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 4,565
Here:

11.8%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 1,500
Here:

3.9%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 560
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in this district


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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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