Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 5,500
2 persons: 2,725
Here:

49.5%
State:

52.6%
3 persons: 1,275
Here:

23.2%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 1,080
Here:

19.6%
State:

18.2%
5 or more persons: 420
Here:

7.6%
State:

7.3%

This centre Family Size

Married couples: 3,005
Here:

70.8%
State:

68.5%
Common-law couples: 1,240
Here:

29.2%
State:

31.5%
Female lone parent: 955
Here:

75.8%
State:

72.6%
Male lone parent: 300
Here:

23.8%
State:

27.4%

Family types in this centre

Children in Families

Total children in families: 6,065
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 1,460
Here:

24.1%
State:

23.8%
6 to 14 years: 2,220
Here:

36.6%
State:

35.6%
15 to 17 years: 735
Here:

12.1%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 1,205
Here:

19.9%
State:

20.0%
25 years and over: 445
Here:

7.3%
State:

8.3%

Age of children in families in Whitehorse

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:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 20,115
Male:

9,860
Female:

10,255
Living with relatives
Total: 565
This centre:

2.8%
Territory:

2.6%
Male: 255
Here:

2.6%
Territory:

2.5%
Female: 310
Here:

3.0%
Yukon Territory:

2.6%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,315
This centre:

6.5%
Yukon Territory:

5.3%
Male: 705
Here:

7.2%
Territory:

5.7%
Female: 610
Here:

5.9%
Territory:

4.9%
Living alone
Total: 2,425
Here:

12.1%
Yukon Territory:

13.0%
Male: 1,140
This centre:

11.6%
Yukon Territory:

13.7%
Female: 1,285
This centre:

12.5%
Yukon Territory:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 15,810
This centre:

78.6%
Territory:

79.1%
Male: 7,755
This centre:

78.7%
Territory:

78.0%
Female: 8,055
Here:

78.5%
Yukon Territory:

80.1%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 1,590
Male:

780
Female:

815
Living with relatives
Total: 80
Here:

5.0%
Yukon Territory:

4.4%
Male: 25
Here:

3.2%
Yukon Territory:

2.9%
Female: 60
This centre:

7.4%
Territory:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 35
Here:

2.2%
Yukon Territory:

2.6%
Male: 10
Here:

1.3%
Yukon Territory:

2.2%
Female: 20
Here:

2.5%
Territory:

2.5%
Living alone
Total: 600
This centre:

37.7%
Territory:

35.0%
Male: 225
Here:

28.8%
Yukon Territory:

30.4%
Female: 370
This centre:

45.4%
Yukon Territory:

40.2%
Living with census family
Total: 875
This centre:

55.0%
Territory:

58.2%
Male: 515
Here:

66.0%
Yukon Territory:

64.2%
Female: 365
Here:

44.8%
Yukon Territory:

51.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,705
Here:

20.6%
State:

23.7%
One-family households with children: 1,975
Here:

23.9%
State:

23.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 970
Here:

11.7%
State:

10.5%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 160
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.6%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 185
Here:

2.2%
State:

1.8%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 170
Here:

2.1%
State:

1.7%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 170
Here:

2.1%
State:

1.8%
One-person households: 2,425
Here:

29.3%
State:

30.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 505
Here:

6.1%
State:

5.0%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.4
1 person: 2,425
Here:

29.3%
State:

30.7%
2 persons: 2,625
Here:

31.8%
State:

33.7%
3 persons: 1,385
Here:

16.8%
State:

15.5%
4 persons: 1,185
Here:

14.3%
State:

13.0%
5 persons: 435
Here:

5.3%
State:

4.8%
6 or more persons: 210
Here:

2.5%
State:

2.4%

Households sizes in this centre


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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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