South Shore - St. Margaret's, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 26,055
2 persons: 15,815
Here:

60.7%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 5,320
Here:

20.4%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 3,800
Here:

14.6%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 1,125
Here:

4.3%
State:

6.1%

South Shore Family Size

Married couples: 18,770
Here:

83.1%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 3,830
Here:

16.9%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 2,655
Here:

76.7%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 800
Here:

23.1%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this district

Children in Families

Total children in families: 20,035
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 3,950
Here:

19.7%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 7,060
Here:

35.2%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 2,755
Here:

13.8%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 3,970
Here:

19.8%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 2,295
Here:

11.5%
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:

2.6
State:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 81,050
Male:

39,925
Female:

41,120
Living with relatives
Total: 1,160
This district:

1.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 480
Here:

1.2%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 680
Here:

1.7%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,945
This district:

2.4%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 1,030
Here:

2.6%
Province:

4.6%
Female: 915
Here:

2.2%
Nova Scotia:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 9,250
Here:

11.4%
Nova Scotia:

12.0%
Male: 4,130
This district:

10.3%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 5,125
Here:

12.5%
Province:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 68,690
This district:

84.8%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 34,285
This district:

85.9%
Nova Scotia:

83.0%
Female: 34,405
This district:

83.7%
Province:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 16,070
Male:

7,615
Female:

8,455
Living with relatives
Total: 545
Here:

3.4%
Nova Scotia:

4.3%
Male: 160
This district:

2.1%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 385
Here:

4.6%
Nova Scotia:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 285
This district:

1.8%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 145
Here:

1.9%
Nova Scotia:

2.0%
Female: 145
This district:

1.7%
Province:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 4,250
This district:

26.4%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 1,280
Here:

16.8%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 2,975
This district:

35.2%
Nova Scotia:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 10,990
Here:

68.4%
Province:

66.0%
Male: 6,035
This district:

79.3%
Nova Scotia:

78.0%
Female: 4,955
Here:

58.6%
Province:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 12,820
Here:

35.8%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 8,540
Here:

23.9%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,815
Here:

7.9%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 370
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 335
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 365
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 395
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 9,255
Here:

25.9%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 885
Here:

2.5%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.3
1 person: 9,250
Here:

25.8%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 15,445
Here:

43.2%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 5,500
Here:

15.4%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 4,085
Here:

11.4%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 1,100
Here:

3.1%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 405
Here:

1.1%
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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