Families characteristics
Number of census families: 199,380
5 or more persons: 22,550
Common-law couples: 12,155
Female lone parent: 27,020
Family types in this city
Children in Families
Total children in families: 264,905
Average number of children at home
Under six years of age: 47,405
25 years and over: 42,545
Age of children in families in Mississauga
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: 708,725
Male: | 347,295 |
Female: | 361,435 |
Living with relatives
Male: 6,880This city: | 2.0% |
Province: | 1.8% |
Living with non-relatives onlyTotal: 15,970This city: | 2.3% |
Ontario: | 3.4% |
Female: 7,080This city: | 2.0% |
Province: | 3.0% |
Living aloneTotal: 41,625This city: | 5.9% |
Ontario: | 9.7% |
Male: 18,295This city: | 5.3% |
Ontario: | 8.8% |
Female: 23,330This city: | 6.5% |
Ontario: | 10.6% |
Living with census family
Male: 313,230This city: | 90.2% |
Province: | 85.6% |
Persons in private households
Persons over 65 years in private households
Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 77,790
Living with relativesTotal: 8,740This city: | 11.2% |
Province: | 6.0% |
Female: 7,100This city: | 16.9% |
Province: | 8.7% |
Living with non-relatives only
Male: 620This city: | 1.7% |
Province: | 1.8% |
Female: 700This city: | 1.7% |
Province: | 1.7% |
Living aloneTotal: 12,940This city: | 16.6% |
Ontario: | 24.4% |
Male: 3,465This city: | 9.7% |
Ontario: | 14.9% |
Female: 9,470This city: | 22.5% |
Ontario: | 32.3% |
Living with census familyTotal: 54,790This city: | 70.4% |
Province: | 67.8% |
Male: 30,055This city: | 84.0% |
Ontario: | 80.5% |
Persons over 65 years in private households
Households types
One-family households without children: 41,875
One-family households with children: 92,975
Lone-parent-family households: 23,245
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 2,650
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 9,855
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 4,125
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 11,840
One-person households: 41,625
Two-or-more-person households: 6,390
Households size
Average number of persons in private households
6 or more persons: 14,475
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.
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