Vancouver Island North, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 35,455
2 persons: 21,620
Here:

61.0%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 6,560
Here:

18.5%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 5,165
Here:

14.6%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 2,110
Here:

6.0%
State:

7.3%

Vancouver Island North Family Size

Married couples: 24,195
Here:

80.5%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 5,840
Here:

19.4%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 4,135
Here:

76.3%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 1,285
Here:

23.7%
State:

21.5%

Family types in Vancouver Island North

Children in Families

Total children in families: 29,390
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 6,680
Here:

22.7%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 11,115
Here:

37.8%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 4,215
Here:

14.3%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 5,025
Here:

17.1%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 2,355
Here:

8.0%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in this district

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:

2.7
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 116,445
Male:

57,465
Female:

58,975
Living with relatives
Total: 2,080
This district:

1.8%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 955
Here:

1.7%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 1,125
Here:

1.9%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 4,840
This district:

4.2%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 2,780
Here:

4.8%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 2,055
This district:

3.5%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 14,640
This district:

12.6%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 6,945
This district:

12.1%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 7,695
This district:

13.0%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 94,880
This district:

81.5%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 46,785
Here:

81.4%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 48,095
This district:

81.6%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 21,030
Male:

10,440
Female:

10,585
Living with relatives
Total: 590
This district:

2.8%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 165
This district:

1.6%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Female: 420
This district:

4.0%
Province:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 465
Here:

2.2%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 255
This district:

2.4%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 210
This district:

2.0%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 5,415
This district:

25.7%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 1,900
This district:

18.2%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 3,520
Here:

33.3%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 14,560
This district:

69.2%
Province:

67.1%
Male: 8,125
Here:

77.8%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 6,435
Here:

60.8%
British Columbia:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 17,045
Here:

33.1%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 10,875
Here:

21.1%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 4,220
Here:

8.2%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 660
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 655
Here:

1.3%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 800
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 590
Here:

1.1%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 14,640
Here:

28.5%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,945
Here:

3.8%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.5
1 person: 14,640
Here:

28.5%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 21,255
Here:

41.3%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 7,115
Here:

13.8%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 5,580
Here:

10.8%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 1,955
Here:

3.8%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 885
Here:

1.7%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in this district


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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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