Whitehorse - City, Yukon Territory, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 6,300
2 persons: 3,095
Here:

49.1%
State:

52.6%
3 persons: 1,465
Here:

23.3%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 1,265
Here:

20.1%
State:

18.2%
5 or more persons: 475
Here:

7.5%
State:

7.3%

Whitehorse Family Size

Married couples: 3,540
Here:

71.3%
State:

68.5%
Common-law couples: 1,430
Here:

28.8%
State:

31.5%
Female lone parent: 1,005
Here:

75.0%
State:

72.6%
Male lone parent: 330
Here:

24.6%
State:

27.4%

Family types in Whitehorse

Children in Families

Total children in families: 6,875
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 1,630
Here:

23.7%
State:

23.8%
6 to 14 years: 2,480
Here:

36.1%
State:

35.6%
15 to 17 years: 845
Here:

12.3%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 1,410
Here:

20.5%
State:

20.0%
25 years and over: 515
Here:

7.5%
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: 22,810
Male:

11,275
Female:

11,535
Living with relatives
Total: 610
Here:

2.7%
Territory:

2.6%
Male: 285
This city:

2.5%
Territory:

2.5%
Female: 320
Here:

2.8%
Territory:

2.6%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,405
This city:

6.2%
Territory:

5.3%
Male: 760
This city:

6.7%
Yukon Territory:

5.7%
Female: 650
Here:

5.6%
Yukon Territory:

4.9%
Living alone
Total: 2,655
Here:

11.6%
Territory:

13.0%
Male: 1,290
Here:

11.4%
Territory:

13.7%
Female: 1,370
Here:

11.9%
Territory:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 18,145
This city:

79.5%
Yukon Territory:

79.1%
Male: 8,950
This city:

79.4%
Territory:

78.0%
Female: 9,195
This city:

79.7%
Territory:

80.1%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 1,770
Male:

880
Female:

885
Living with relatives
Total: 90
This city:

5.1%
Territory:

4.4%
Male: 30
Here:

3.4%
Yukon Territory:

2.9%
Female: 60
This city:

6.8%
Territory:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 40
Here:

2.3%
Yukon Territory:

2.6%
Male: 15
This city:

1.7%
Territory:

2.2%
Female: 25
This city:

2.8%
Territory:

2.5%
Living alone
Total: 640
This city:

36.2%
Yukon Territory:

35.0%
Male: 255
Here:

29.0%
Territory:

30.4%
Female: 390
Here:

44.1%
Territory:

40.2%
Living with census family
Total: 990
Here:

55.9%
Territory:

58.2%
Male: 585
This city:

66.5%
Territory:

64.2%
Female: 410
This city:

46.3%
Yukon Territory:

51.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,995
Here:

21.4%
State:

23.7%
One-family households with children: 2,340
Here:

25.1%
State:

23.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,030
Here:

11.1%
State:

10.5%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 175
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.6%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 210
Here:

2.3%
State:

1.8%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 180
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.7%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 190
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.8%
One-person households: 2,655
Here:

28.5%
State:

30.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 545
Here:

5.9%
State:

5.0%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.5
State:

2.4
1 person: 2,660
Here:

28.6%
State:

30.7%
2 persons: 2,980
Here:

32.0%
State:

33.7%
3 persons: 1,575
Here:

16.9%
State:

15.5%
4 persons: 1,370
Here:

14.7%
State:

13.0%
5 persons: 490
Here:

5.3%
State:

4.8%
6 or more persons: 235
Here:

2.5%
State:

2.4%

Households sizes in Whitehorse


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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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