Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 5,400
2 persons: 3,030
Here:

56.1%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 1,080
Here:

20.0%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 885
Here:

16.4%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 405
Here:

7.5%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 3,450
Here:

77.3%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 1,020
Here:

22.8%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 715
Here:

76.5%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 220
Here:

23.5%
State:

21.5%

Family types in Williams Lake

Children in Families

Total children in families: 5,145
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 1,265
Here:

24.6%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 1,905
Here:

37.0%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 695
Here:

13.5%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 855
Here:

16.6%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 425
Here:

8.3%
State:

12.1%

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:

2.8
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 18,245
Male:

9,120
Female:

9,130
Living with relatives
Total: 445
Here:

2.4%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 205
This city:

2.2%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 245
Here:

2.7%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 715
This city:

3.9%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 400
This city:

4.4%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 320
Here:

3.5%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 2,070
This city:

11.3%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 1,085
This city:

11.9%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 980
Here:

10.7%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 15,010
Here:

82.3%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 7,430
This city:

81.5%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 7,585
Here:

83.1%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 2,390
Male:

1,150
Female:

1,235
Living with relatives
Total: 95
Here:

4.0%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 30
Here:

2.6%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 65
Here:

5.3%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 50
Here:

2.1%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 20
This city:

1.7%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 30
Here:

2.4%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 640
This city:

26.8%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 205
This city:

17.8%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 435
This city:

35.2%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 1,595
This city:

66.7%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 890
Here:

77.4%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 710
This city:

57.5%
British Columbia:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 2,275
Here:

29.8%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 1,800
Here:

23.6%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 670
Here:

8.8%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 90
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 135
Here:

1.8%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 170
Here:

2.2%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 130
Here:

1.7%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 2,070
Here:

27.1%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 295
Here:

3.9%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.5
1 person: 2,065
Here:

27.1%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 2,925
Here:

38.3%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 1,135
Here:

14.9%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 915
Here:

12.0%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 380
Here:

5.0%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 205
Here:

2.7%
State:

3.3%

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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