Niagara Falls - City, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 23,750
2 persons: 11,980
Here:

50.4%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 5,465
Here:

23.0%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 4,530
Here:

19.1%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 1,770
Here:

7.5%
State:

9.1%

Niagara Falls Family Size

Married couples: 16,050
Here:

85.0%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 2,840
Here:

15.0%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 3,955
Here:

81.4%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 905
Here:

18.6%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 25,200
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 4,780
Here:

19.0%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 8,015
Here:

31.8%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 3,100
Here:

12.3%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 5,605
Here:

22.2%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 3,700
Here:

14.7%
State:

13.1%

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:

2.9
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 81,300
Male:

39,245
Female:

42,060
Living with relatives
Total: 1,835
This city:

2.3%
Ontario:

2.3%
Male: 730
This city:

1.9%
Ontario:

1.8%
Female: 1,105
This city:

2.6%
Ontario:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,505
Here:

3.1%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 1,400
Here:

3.6%
Ontario:

3.8%
Female: 1,105
This city:

2.6%
Province:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 9,120
This city:

11.2%
Ontario:

9.7%
Male: 3,835
Here:

9.8%
Ontario:

8.8%
Female: 5,285
Here:

12.6%
Ontario:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 67,840
Here:

83.4%
Ontario:

84.6%
Male: 33,275
This city:

84.8%
Province:

85.6%
Female: 34,565
This city:

82.2%
Ontario:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 13,685
Male:

6,105
Female:

7,580
Living with relatives
Total: 640
This city:

4.7%
Province:

6.0%
Male: 145
This city:

2.4%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 500
This city:

6.6%
Ontario:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 245
Here:

1.8%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 115
This city:

1.9%
Ontario:

1.8%
Female: 125
This city:

1.6%
Province:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 3,810
This city:

27.8%
Ontario:

24.4%
Male: 1,070
This city:

17.5%
Ontario:

14.9%
Female: 2,745
This city:

36.2%
Ontario:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 8,985
This city:

65.7%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 4,775
Here:

78.2%
Ontario:

80.5%
Female: 4,210
Here:

55.5%
Ontario:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 8,215
Here:

24.6%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 8,915
Here:

26.7%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,845
Here:

11.5%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 385
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 585
Here:

1.8%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 625
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 575
Here:

1.7%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 9,120
Here:

27.3%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,110
Here:

3.3%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.6
1 person: 9,120
Here:

27.3%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 11,445
Here:

34.3%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 5,555
Here:

16.6%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 4,765
Here:

14.3%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 1,740
Here:

5.2%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 760
Here:

2.3%
State:

3.6%

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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