Thompson--Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 153,770
2 persons: 92,530
Here:

60.2%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 28,070
Here:

18.3%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 23,840
Here:

15.5%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 9,330
Here:

6.1%
State:

7.3%

This region Family Size

Married couples: 109,505
Here:

83.2%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 22,045
Here:

16.8%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 17,155
Here:

77.2%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 5,055
Here:

22.8%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this region

Children in Families

Total children in families: 128,855
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 27,975
Here:

21.7%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 46,080
Here:

35.8%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 18,150
Here:

14.1%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 24,910
Here:

19.3%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 11,740
Here:

9.1%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in Thompson--Okanagan

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:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 509,520
Male:

248,795
Female:

260,720
Living with relatives
Total: 10,075
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 4,330
This region:

1.7%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 5,745
Here:

2.2%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 25,280
This region:

5.0%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 14,300
Here:

5.7%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 10,985
Here:

4.2%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 59,975
This region:

11.8%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 25,770
This region:

10.4%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 34,205
This region:

13.1%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 414,180
Here:

81.3%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 204,395
This region:

82.2%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 209,790
This region:

80.5%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 98,595
Male:

46,975
Female:

51,620
Living with relatives
Total: 2,840
This region:

2.9%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 715
Here:

1.5%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 2,125
This region:

4.1%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,220
Here:

2.3%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 1,150
Here:

2.4%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 1,065
Here:

2.1%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 25,200
Here:

25.6%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 7,665
Here:

16.3%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 17,540
This region:

34.0%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 68,340
Here:

69.3%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 37,445
This region:

79.7%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 30,890
Here:

59.8%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 71,925
Here:

32.7%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 47,295
Here:

21.5%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 16,830
Here:

7.7%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 3,310
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 3,460
Here:

1.6%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 3,440
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 3,685
Here:

1.7%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 59,980
Here:

27.3%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 9,945
Here:

4.5%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.5
1 person: 59,980
Here:

27.3%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 90,080
Here:

41.0%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 30,280
Here:

13.8%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 25,795
Here:

11.7%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 9,260
Here:

4.2%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 4,470
Here:

2.0%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Thompson--Okanagan


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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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