Families characteristics
Number of census families: 151,330
Common-law couples: 23,580
Female lone parent: 20,120
Family types in Vancouver
Children in Families
Total children in families: 146,430
Average number of children at home
Under six years of age: 29,245
25 years and over: 27,755
Age of children in families in Vancouver
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
Persons in private households
Number of persons in private households: 590,205
Male: | 288,095 |
Female: | 302,110 |
Living with relativesTotal: 18,175Here: | 3.1% |
British Columbia: | 2.4% |
Male: 6,670This city: | 2.3% |
British Columbia: | 2.0% |
Female: 11,505Here: | 3.8% |
British Columbia: | 2.9% |
Living with non-relatives only
Female: 22,285Here: | 7.4% |
British Columbia: | 4.1% |
Living alone
Male: 48,215This city: | 16.7% |
Province: | 10.8% |
Female: 52,990Here: | 17.5% |
British Columbia: | 12.3% |
Living with census familyTotal: 424,370Here: | 71.9% |
British Columbia: | 81.3% |
Male: 209,045Here: | 72.6% |
British Columbia: | 81.9% |
Female: 215,330This city: | 71.3% |
Province: | 80.7% |
Persons in private households
Persons over 65 years in private households
Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 75,360
Living with relativesTotal: 5,605Here: | 7.4% |
British Columbia: | 5.1% |
Male: 1,090This city: | 3.2% |
British Columbia: | 2.5% |
Female: 4,510This city: | 11.0% |
Province: | 7.4% |
Living with non-relatives onlyTotal: 1,795This city: | 2.4% |
Province: | 2.1% |
Male: 845This city: | 2.5% |
Province: | 2.2% |
Female: 950This city: | 2.3% |
Province: | 2.0% |
Living alone
Male: 7,340Here: | 21.4% |
British Columbia: | 16.9% |
Female: 14,235Here: | 34.7% |
British Columbia: | 33.5% |
Living with census familyTotal: 46,390Here: | 61.6% |
British Columbia: | 67.1% |
Male: 25,085This city: | 73.0% |
British Columbia: | 78.3% |
Female: 21,305This city: | 52.0% |
British Columbia: | 57.1% |
Persons over 65 years in private households
Households types
One-family households without children: 52,895
One-family households with children: 50,985
Lone-parent-family households: 18,655
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 3,300
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 6,520
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 2,925
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 7,675
One-person households: 101,205
Two-or-more-person households: 20,410
Households size
Average number of persons in private households
Households sizes in Vancouver
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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.
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