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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 6,935
2 persons: 4,330
Here:

62.4%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 1,280
Here:

18.5%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 980
Here:

14.1%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 345
Here:

5.0%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 4,605
Here:

81.4%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 1,045
Here:

18.5%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 1,045
Here:

81.3%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 240
Here:

18.7%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 5,650
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 1,395
Here:

24.7%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 2,105
Here:

37.3%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 840
Here:

14.9%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 885
Here:

15.7%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 420
Here:

7.4%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in Courtenay

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:

2.6
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 23,580
Male:

11,270
Female:

12,310
Living with relatives
Total: 430
This city:

1.8%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 190
This city:

1.7%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 240
This city:

1.9%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,405
This city:

6.0%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 820
Here:

7.3%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 590
Here:

4.8%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 3,505
This city:

14.9%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 1,410
Here:

12.5%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 2,090
This city:

17.0%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 18,235
Here:

77.3%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 8,855
Here:

78.6%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 9,385
This city:

76.2%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 4,865
Male:

2,280
Female:

2,585
Living with relatives
Total: 120
This city:

2.5%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 30
Here:

1.3%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 95
Here:

3.7%
Province:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 130
Here:

2.7%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 65
This city:

2.9%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 65
This city:

2.5%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 1,365
This city:

28.1%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 420
Here:

18.4%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 945
This city:

36.6%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 3,245
Here:

66.7%
Province:

67.1%
Male: 1,770
Here:

77.6%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 1,475
This city:

57.1%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 3,290
Here:

30.2%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 1,935
Here:

17.8%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,000
Here:

9.2%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 150
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 150
Here:

1.4%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 205
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 105
Here:

1.0%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 3,505
Here:

32.2%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 555
Here:

5.1%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.5
1 person: 3,505
Here:

32.2%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 4,340
Here:

39.9%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 1,485
Here:

13.6%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 1,055
Here:

9.7%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 365
Here:

3.4%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 140
Here:

1.3%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Courtenay


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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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