New Westminster - City, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 17,290
2 persons: 9,550
Here:

55.2%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 3,890
Here:

22.5%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 2,880
Here:

16.7%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 965
Here:

5.6%
State:

7.3%

New Westminster Family Size

Married couples: 11,740
Here:

80.8%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 2,790
Here:

19.2%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 2,195
Here:

79.7%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 560
Here:

20.3%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 15,545
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 3,750
Here:

24.1%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 4,780
Here:

30.7%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 1,705
Here:

11.0%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 3,255
Here:

20.9%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 2,050
Here:

13.2%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in this city

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:

2.7
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 65,090
Male:

32,005
Female:

33,085
Living with relatives
Total: 1,755
Here:

2.7%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 730
This city:

2.3%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 1,025
Here:

3.1%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 3,850
Here:

5.9%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 2,165
This city:

6.8%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 1,685
This city:

5.1%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 12,115
This city:

18.6%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 5,770
This city:

18.0%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 6,350
Here:

19.2%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 47,370
This city:

72.8%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 23,350
This city:

73.0%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 24,025
This city:

72.6%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 8,340
Male:

3,585
Female:

4,760
Living with relatives
Total: 465
This city:

5.6%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 90
Here:

2.5%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 375
This city:

7.9%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 215
This city:

2.6%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 100
Here:

2.8%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 115
This city:

2.4%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 3,265
This city:

39.1%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 1,010
This city:

28.2%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 2,255
Here:

47.4%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 4,400
Here:

52.8%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 2,385
Here:

66.5%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 2,015
This city:

42.3%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 6,680
Here:

21.8%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 5,885
Here:

19.2%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,190
Here:

7.2%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 335
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 560
Here:

1.8%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 320
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 630
Here:

2.1%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 12,115
Here:

39.6%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,870
Here:

6.1%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.1
State:

2.5
1 person: 12,115
Here:

39.6%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 9,860
Here:

32.2%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 4,040
Here:

13.2%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 2,850
Here:

9.3%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 1,065
Here:

3.5%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 655
Here:

2.1%
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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