Pickering - City, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 25,420
2 persons: 9,825
Here:

38.7%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 6,260
Here:

24.6%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 6,665
Here:

26.2%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 2,660
Here:

10.5%
State:

9.1%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 18,610
Here:

89.7%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 2,140
Here:

10.3%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 3,780
Here:

80.9%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 895
Here:

19.2%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Pickering

Children in Families

Total children in families: 33,000
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.3
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 4,935
Here:

15.0%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 10,145
Here:

30.7%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 4,245
Here:

12.9%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 8,480
Here:

25.7%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 5,195
Here:

15.7%
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:

3.1
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 87,920
Male:

42,780
Female:

45,140
Living with relatives
Total: 2,450
Here:

2.8%
Province:

2.3%
Male: 830
This city:

1.9%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 1,620
This city:

3.6%
Province:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,790
This city:

2.0%
Ontario:

3.4%
Male: 995
This city:

2.3%
Province:

3.8%
Female: 795
Here:

1.8%
Ontario:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 4,510
This city:

5.1%
Province:

9.7%
Male: 1,830
Here:

4.3%
Province:

8.8%
Female: 2,675
This city:

5.9%
Ontario:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 79,175
Here:

90.1%
Ontario:

84.6%
Male: 39,130
Here:

91.5%
Ontario:

85.6%
Female: 40,045
Here:

88.7%
Ontario:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 9,800
Male:

4,465
Female:

5,340
Living with relatives
Total: 1,125
Here:

11.5%
Province:

6.0%
Male: 215
Here:

4.8%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 910
This city:

17.0%
Province:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 180
This city:

1.8%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 90
This city:

2.0%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 90
Here:

1.7%
Ontario:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 1,720
This city:

17.6%
Province:

24.4%
Male: 440
This city:

9.9%
Ontario:

14.9%
Female: 1,285
Here:

24.1%
Ontario:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 6,770
Here:

69.1%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 3,715
This city:

83.2%
Ontario:

80.5%
Female: 3,055
Here:

57.2%
Ontario:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 6,045
Here:

20.6%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 11,525
Here:

39.3%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,205
Here:

10.9%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 370
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,110
Here:

3.8%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 685
Here:

2.3%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 1,205
Here:

4.1%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 4,510
Here:

15.4%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 675
Here:

2.3%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

3.0
State:

2.6
1 person: 4,510
Here:

15.4%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 8,240
Here:

28.1%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 5,845
Here:

19.9%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 6,615
Here:

22.6%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 2,680
Here:

9.1%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 1,440
Here:

4.9%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in Pickering


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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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