Delta - District municipality, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 29,085
2 persons: 12,775
Here:

43.9%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 6,350
Here:

21.8%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 7,365
Here:

25.3%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 2,595
Here:

8.9%
State:

7.3%

This region Family Size

Married couples: 23,015
Here:

90.5%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 2,420
Here:

9.5%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 2,810
Here:

77.1%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 830
Here:

22.8%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this region

Children in Families

Total children in families: 33,145
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 5,785
Here:

17.5%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 11,165
Here:

33.7%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 4,550
Here:

13.7%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 7,725
Here:

23.3%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 3,920
Here:

11.8%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in this region

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:

3.0
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 98,745
Male:

48,545
Female:

50,200
Living with relatives
Total: 2,280
Here:

2.3%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 870
Here:

1.8%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 1,405
This region:

2.8%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,150
Here:

2.2%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 1,175
Here:

2.4%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 980
This region:

2.0%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 6,650
Here:

6.7%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 2,880
This region:

5.9%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 3,770
This region:

7.5%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 87,660
This region:

88.8%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 43,620
This region:

89.9%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 44,040
Here:

87.7%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 14,560
Male:

6,950
Female:

7,610
Living with relatives
Total: 980
This region:

6.7%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 245
This region:

3.5%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Female: 735
This region:

9.7%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 225
This region:

1.5%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 115
This region:

1.7%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 115
This region:

1.5%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 2,935
Here:

20.2%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 845
Here:

12.2%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 2,090
This region:

27.5%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 10,420
Here:

71.6%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 5,755
This region:

82.8%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 4,670
Here:

61.4%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 8,855
Here:

25.5%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 12,085
Here:

34.8%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,715
Here:

7.8%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 410
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,260
Here:

3.6%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 450
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 1,575
Here:

4.5%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 6,650
Here:

19.1%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 750
Here:

2.2%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.8
State:

2.5
1 person: 6,650
Here:

19.1%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 11,000
Here:

31.7%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 5,865
Here:

16.9%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 6,815
Here:

19.6%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 2,620
Here:

7.5%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 1,810
Here:

5.2%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Delta


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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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