Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 13,640
2 persons: 7,640
Here:

56.0%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 2,905
Here:

21.3%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 2,245
Here:

16.5%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 850
Here:

6.2%
State:

6.1%

Truro Family Size

Married couples: 9,275
Here:

82.0%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 2,040
Here:

18.0%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 1,835
Here:

78.8%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 500
Here:

21.5%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Truro

Children in Families

Total children in families: 12,515
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 2,730
Here:

21.8%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 4,455
Here:

35.6%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 1,735
Here:

13.9%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 2,470
Here:

19.7%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 1,125
Here:

9.0%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this city

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: 45,040
Male:

21,855
Female:

23,185
Living with relatives
Total: 730
This city:

1.6%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 305
Here:

1.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 430
Here:

1.9%
Province:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,395
Here:

3.1%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 745
This city:

3.4%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 645
This city:

2.8%
Province:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 5,450
This city:

12.1%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 2,375
Here:

10.9%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 3,075
This city:

13.3%
Province:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 37,465
Here:

83.2%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 18,430
Here:

84.3%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 19,035
Here:

82.1%
Province:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 7,570
Male:

3,470
Female:

4,105
Living with relatives
Total: 250
This city:

3.3%
Nova Scotia:

4.3%
Male: 65
Here:

1.9%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 190
Here:

4.6%
Province:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 140
This city:

1.8%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 70
This city:

2.0%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 70
Here:

1.7%
Province:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 2,115
Here:

27.9%
Nova Scotia:

27.8%
Male: 600
This city:

17.3%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 1,515
This city:

36.9%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 5,060
This city:

66.8%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 2,730
This city:

78.7%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 2,330
This city:

56.8%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 5,895
Here:

30.2%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 4,780
Here:

24.5%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,870
Here:

9.6%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 185
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 205
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 300
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 205
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 5,450
Here:

28.0%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 610
Here:

3.1%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.3
1 person: 5,450
Here:

28.0%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 7,525
Here:

38.6%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 3,025
Here:

15.5%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 2,400
Here:

12.3%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 775
Here:

4.0%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 320
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in this city


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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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