Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 142,215
2 persons: 65,045
Here:

45.7%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 31,740
Here:

22.3%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 31,800
Here:

22.4%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 13,630
Here:

9.6%
State:

9.1%

Waterloo Family Size

Married couples: 103,945
Here:

86.3%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 16,515
Here:

13.7%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 17,450
Here:

80.2%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 4,305
Here:

19.8%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Waterloo

Children in Families

Total children in families: 163,540
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 36,920
Here:

22.6%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 55,410
Here:

33.9%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 19,845
Here:

12.1%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 34,765
Here:

21.3%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 16,600
Here:

10.2%
State:

13.1%

Age of children in families in Waterloo

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:

3.0
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 499,610
Male:

246,930
Female:

252,680
Living with relatives
Total: 9,670
Here:

1.9%
Ontario:

2.3%
Male: 4,075
Here:

1.7%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 5,595
Here:

2.2%
Ontario:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 18,435
Here:

3.7%
Ontario:

3.4%
Male: 10,985
Here:

4.4%
Ontario:

3.8%
Female: 7,450
This division:

2.9%
Province:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 45,285
This division:

9.1%
Province:

9.7%
Male: 20,995
Here:

8.5%
Ontario:

8.8%
Female: 24,290
This division:

9.6%
Province:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 426,225
This division:

85.3%
Ontario:

84.6%
Male: 210,875
This division:

85.4%
Ontario:

85.6%
Female: 215,345
This division:

85.2%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 58,490
Male:

26,450
Female:

32,040
Living with relatives
Total: 3,020
Here:

5.2%
Province:

6.0%
Male: 625
This division:

2.4%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 2,390
This division:

7.5%
Ontario:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 810
Here:

1.4%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 370
This division:

1.4%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 440
This division:

1.4%
Province:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 14,370
Here:

24.6%
Ontario:

24.4%
Male: 3,795
This division:

14.3%
Province:

14.9%
Female: 10,575
Here:

33.0%
Province:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 40,290
Here:

68.9%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 21,660
This division:

81.9%
Ontario:

80.5%
Female: 18,630
This division:

58.1%
Province:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 47,120
Here:

24.6%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 62,280
Here:

32.5%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 17,050
Here:

8.9%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 2,035
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 3,565
Here:

1.9%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 2,645
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 3,690
Here:

1.9%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 45,285
Here:

23.6%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 7,930
Here:

4.1%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.6
State:

2.6
1 person: 45,285
Here:

23.6%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 63,160
Here:

33.0%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 32,565
Here:

17.0%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 32,475
Here:

16.9%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 12,050
Here:

6.3%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 6,060
Here:

3.2%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in this division


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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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