New Glasgow - Town, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 2,630
2 persons: 1,495
Here:

56.8%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 535
Here:

20.3%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 435
Here:

16.5%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 165
Here:

6.3%
State:

6.1%

New Glasgow Family Size

Married couples: 1,685
Here:

82.8%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 350
Here:

17.2%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 490
Here:

82.4%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 105
Here:

17.6%
State:

19.5%

Family types in New Glasgow

Children in Families

Total children in families: 2,540
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 530
Here:

20.9%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 870
Here:

34.3%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 330
Here:

13.0%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 510
Here:

20.1%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 300
Here:

11.8%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in New Glasgow

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:

2.7
State:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 9,225
Male:

4,275
Female:

4,955
Living with relatives
Total: 200
This town:

2.2%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 70
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 130
Here:

2.6%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 280
This town:

3.0%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 160
Here:

3.7%
Province:

4.6%
Female: 125
Here:

2.5%
Nova Scotia:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 1,550
This town:

16.8%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 600
Here:

14.0%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 950
Here:

19.2%
Province:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 7,205
Here:

78.1%
Nova Scotia:

81.9%
Male: 3,440
Here:

80.5%
Nova Scotia:

83.0%
Female: 3,760
Here:

75.9%
Nova Scotia:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 1,750
Male:

730
Female:

1,020
Living with relatives
Total: 70
This town:

4.0%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 10
This town:

1.4%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 55
This town:

5.4%
Province:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 30
Here:

1.7%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 10
Here:

1.4%
Nova Scotia:

2.0%
Female: 15
This town:

1.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 665
This town:

38.0%
Nova Scotia:

27.8%
Male: 180
This town:

24.7%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 480
This town:

47.1%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 995
This town:

56.9%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 525
This town:

71.9%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 470
This town:

46.1%
Province:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,050
Here:

24.6%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 865
Here:

20.3%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 475
Here:

11.1%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 30
Here:

0.7%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 35
Here:

0.8%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 75
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 50
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 1,550
Here:

36.3%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 140
Here:

3.3%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.3
1 person: 1,550
Here:

36.3%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 1,460
Here:

34.2%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 580
Here:

13.6%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 475
Here:

11.1%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 145
Here:

3.4%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 65
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in New Glasgow


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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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