Coquitlam - City, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 35,880
2 persons: 14,850
Here:

41.4%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 9,070
Here:

25.3%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 9,240
Here:

25.8%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 2,725
Here:

7.6%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 27,345
Here:

90.1%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 2,990
Here:

9.9%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 4,445
Here:

80.2%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 1,100
Here:

19.8%
State:

21.5%

Family types in Coquitlam

Children in Families

Total children in families: 41,985
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.2
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 7,680
Here:

18.3%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 12,875
Here:

30.7%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 5,170
Here:

12.3%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 10,370
Here:

24.7%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 5,890
Here:

14.0%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in Coquitlam

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:

3.0
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 125,015
Male:

61,520
Female:

63,500
Living with relatives
Total: 3,065
Here:

2.5%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 1,100
This city:

1.8%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 1,965
This city:

3.1%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 4,000
Here:

3.2%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 2,260
This city:

3.7%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 1,745
This city:

2.7%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 9,750
This city:

7.8%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 4,555
This city:

7.4%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 5,190
This city:

8.2%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 108,200
This city:

86.5%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 53,605
Here:

87.1%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 54,595
Here:

86.0%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 14,130
Male:

6,595
Female:

7,535
Living with relatives
Total: 1,140
Here:

8.1%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 215
This city:

3.3%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 930
Here:

12.3%
Province:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 265
This city:

1.9%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 140
This city:

2.1%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 125
This city:

1.7%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 2,875
Here:

20.3%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 815
Here:

12.4%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 2,060
Here:

27.3%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 9,840
This city:

69.6%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 5,420
This city:

82.2%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 4,425
This city:

58.7%
British Columbia:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 9,515
Here:

20.9%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 16,095
Here:

35.3%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 4,335
Here:

9.5%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 565
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,490
Here:

3.3%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 590
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 1,590
Here:

3.5%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 9,750
Here:

21.4%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,625
Here:

3.6%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.7
State:

2.5
1 person: 9,750
Here:

21.4%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 13,400
Here:

29.4%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 8,610
Here:

18.9%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 9,075
Here:

19.9%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 3,065
Here:

6.7%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 1,655
Here:

3.6%
State:

3.3%

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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