Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 8,145
2 persons: 3,815
Here:

46.8%
State:

54.2%
3 persons: 2,120
Here:

26.0%
State:

23.9%
4 persons: 1,615
Here:

19.8%
State:

17.4%
5 or more persons: 600
Here:

7.4%
State:

4.4%

Labrador Family Size

Married couples: 5,055
Here:

72.9%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 1,880
Here:

27.1%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 870
Here:

71.9%
State:

80.8%
Male lone parent: 340
Here:

28.1%
State:

19.2%

Family types in Labrador

Children in Families

Total children in families: 8,595
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 2,080
Here:

24.2%
State:

20.7%
6 to 14 years: 3,070
Here:

35.7%
State:

33.2%
15 to 17 years: 1,080
Here:

12.6%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 1,605
Here:

18.7%
State:

20.3%
25 years and over: 760
Here:

8.8%
State:

13.8%

Age of children in families in Labrador

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:

2.9
State:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 26,550
Male:

13,475
Female:

13,075
Living with relatives
Total: 685
This district:

2.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

2.1%
Male: 360
Here:

2.7%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 330
Here:

2.5%
Province:

2.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 535
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.9%
Male: 330
This district:

2.4%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 205
Here:

1.6%
Province:

2.6%
Living alone
Total: 1,650
This district:

6.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

9.1%
Male: 940
Here:

7.0%
Province:

7.9%
Female: 710
Here:

5.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

10.3%
Living with census family
Total: 23,680
This district:

89.2%
Province:

85.8%
Male: 11,845
This district:

87.9%
Province:

87.0%
Female: 11,835
Here:

90.5%
Province:

84.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 2,020
Male:

1,050
Female:

965
Living with relatives
Total: 135
Here:

6.7%
Province:

5.4%
Male: 40
Here:

3.8%
Province:

3.0%
Female: 100
This district:

10.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 15
Here:

0.7%
Province:

1.5%
Male: 10
This district:

1.0%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 10
This district:

1.0%
Province:

1.4%
Living alone
Total: 365
This district:

18.1%
Province:

22.9%
Male: 140
Here:

13.3%
Province:

13.4%
Female: 230
This district:

23.8%
Province:

31.2%
Living with census family
Total: 1,495
Here:

74.0%
Province:

70.3%
Male: 860
Here:

81.9%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

82.0%
Female: 630
This district:

65.3%
Province:

59.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 2,745
Here:

28.3%
State:

31.0%
One-family households with children: 3,450
Here:

35.6%
State:

28.6%
Lone-parent-family households: 785
Here:

8.1%
State:

9.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 140
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 205
Here:

2.1%
State:

1.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 130
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 330
Here:

3.4%
State:

1.8%
One-person households: 1,650
Here:

17.0%
State:

22.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 245
Here:

2.5%
State:

3.3%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.7
State:

2.4
1 person: 1,650
Here:

17.0%
State:

22.2%
2 persons: 3,395
Here:

35.1%
State:

39.4%
3 persons: 2,025
Here:

20.9%
State:

18.9%
4 persons: 1,690
Here:

17.4%
State:

14.3%
5 persons: 580
Here:

6.0%
State:

3.9%
6 or more persons: 340
Here:

3.5%
State:

1.3%

Households sizes in Labrador


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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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