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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 24,340
2 persons: 13,335
Here:

54.8%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 5,070
Here:

20.8%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 4,425
Here:

18.2%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 1,515
Here:

6.2%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 16,580
Here:

81.9%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 3,665
Here:

18.1%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 3,205
Here:

78.2%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 895
Here:

21.8%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 22,920
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 5,085
Here:

22.2%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 8,075
Here:

35.2%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 3,105
Here:

13.5%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 4,580
Here:

20.0%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 2,070
Here:

9.0%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in Kamloops

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:

2.8
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 83,730
Male:

40,915
Female:

42,810
Living with relatives
Total: 1,865
Here:

2.2%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 815
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 1,050
Here:

2.5%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 5,030
Here:

6.0%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 2,865
This city:

7.0%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 2,165
Here:

5.1%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 9,325
Here:

11.1%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 4,050
Here:

9.9%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 5,270
Here:

12.3%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 67,505
Here:

80.6%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 33,190
This city:

81.1%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 34,320
This city:

80.2%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 12,260
Male:

5,670
Female:

6,585
Living with relatives
Total: 455
Here:

3.7%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 115
This city:

2.0%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 335
This city:

5.1%
Province:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 325
This city:

2.7%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 165
This city:

2.9%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 160
Here:

2.4%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 3,380
Here:

27.6%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 970
Here:

17.1%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 2,415
This city:

36.7%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 8,095
This city:

66.0%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 4,420
Here:

78.0%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 3,675
This city:

55.8%
British Columbia:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 9,640
Here:

27.5%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 8,510
Here:

24.3%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,115
Here:

8.9%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 590
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 610
Here:

1.7%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 645
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 610
Here:

1.7%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 9,320
Here:

26.6%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,980
Here:

5.7%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.5
1 person: 9,320
Here:

26.6%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 13,040
Here:

37.2%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 5,535
Here:

15.8%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 4,865
Here:

13.9%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 1,600
Here:

4.6%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 660
Here:

1.9%
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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