West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 38,610
2 persons: 21,555
Here:

55.8%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 7,585
Here:

19.6%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 7,030
Here:

18.2%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 2,440
Here:

6.3%
State:

7.3%

West Vancouver Family Size

Married couples: 27,960
Here:

83.8%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 5,390
Here:

16.2%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 4,035
Here:

76.7%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 1,225
Here:

23.3%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this district

Children in Families

Total children in families: 34,780
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 6,805
Here:

19.6%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 11,970
Here:

34.4%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 4,850
Here:

13.9%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 7,465
Here:

21.5%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 3,695
Here:

10.6%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in West 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
Here:

2.8
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 131,250
Male:

64,175
Female:

67,070
Living with relatives
Total: 2,025
This district:

1.5%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 810
Here:

1.3%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 1,215
Here:

1.8%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 6,205
Here:

4.7%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 3,390
This district:

5.3%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 2,810
This district:

4.2%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 16,280
Here:

12.4%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 6,965
Here:

10.9%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 9,320
This district:

13.9%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 106,735
This district:

81.3%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 53,015
Here:

82.6%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 53,725
Here:

80.1%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 25,370
Male:

11,970
Female:

13,395
Living with relatives
Total: 685
Here:

2.7%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 140
This district:

1.2%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 545
This district:

4.1%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 515
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 240
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 275
Here:

2.1%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 7,240
Here:

28.5%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 2,160
Here:

18.0%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 5,080
This district:

37.9%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 16,925
Here:

66.7%
Province:

67.1%
Male: 9,430
Here:

78.8%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 7,500
This district:

56.0%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 16,675
Here:

29.7%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 13,440
Here:

24.0%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 4,165
Here:

7.4%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 770
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,025
Here:

1.8%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 670
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 905
Here:

1.6%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 16,285
Here:

29.0%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,150
Here:

3.8%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.5
1 person: 16,285
Here:

29.0%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 20,855
Here:

37.2%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 7,970
Here:

14.2%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 7,255
Here:

12.9%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 2,595
Here:

4.6%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 1,130
Here:

2.0%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in West 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. This data is an unofficial version of the materials, made without affiliation or endorsement of Statistics Canada.
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