Dufferin, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 16,375
2 persons: 7,150
Here:

43.7%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 3,585
Here:

21.9%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 3,925
Here:

24.0%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 1,715
Here:

10.5%
State:

9.1%

This division Family Size

Married couples: 11,820
Here:

84.8%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 2,125
Here:

15.2%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 1,820
Here:

74.9%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 610
Here:

25.1%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Dufferin

Children in Families

Total children in families: 19,575
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.2
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 3,840
Here:

19.6%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 6,905
Here:

35.3%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 2,760
Here:

14.1%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 4,380
Here:

22.4%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 1,695
Here:

8.7%
State:

13.1%

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:

3.0
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 56,085
Male:

27,810
Female:

28,270
Living with relatives
Total: 1,075
Here:

1.9%
Ontario:

2.3%
Male: 440
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 635
Here:

2.2%
Province:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,385
This division:

2.5%
Ontario:

3.4%
Male: 800
This division:

2.9%
Province:

3.8%
Female: 585
This division:

2.1%
Ontario:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 3,725
Here:

6.6%
Ontario:

9.7%
Male: 1,710
Here:

6.1%
Ontario:

8.8%
Female: 2,015
Here:

7.1%
Ontario:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 49,895
This division:

89.0%
Province:

84.6%
Male: 24,860
This division:

89.4%
Province:

85.6%
Female: 25,040
Here:

88.6%
Ontario:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 6,545
Male:

3,085
Female:

3,460
Living with relatives
Total: 440
This division:

6.7%
Ontario:

6.0%
Male: 110
Here:

3.6%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 335
This division:

9.7%
Ontario:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 120
This division:

1.8%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 70
This division:

2.3%
Ontario:

1.8%
Female: 50
Here:

1.4%
Ontario:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 1,435
Here:

21.9%
Ontario:

24.4%
Male: 400
Here:

13.0%
Ontario:

14.9%
Female: 1,040
This division:

30.1%
Province:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 4,545
This division:

69.4%
Ontario:

67.8%
Male: 2,510
This division:

81.4%
Province:

80.5%
Female: 2,040
Here:

59.0%
Ontario:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 5,120
Here:

25.5%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 7,290
Here:

36.3%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,820
Here:

9.1%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 275
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 520
Here:

2.6%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 345
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 495
Here:

2.5%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 3,725
Here:

18.6%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 485
Here:

2.4%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.8
State:

2.6
1 person: 3,725
Here:

18.6%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 6,465
Here:

32.2%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 3,535
Here:

17.6%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 4,010
Here:

20.0%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 1,625
Here:

8.1%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 710
Here:

3.5%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in this division


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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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