Prince George - City, British Columbia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 20,110
2 persons: 10,380
Here:

51.6%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 4,440
Here:

22.1%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 3,770
Here:

18.7%
State:

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

7.5%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 12,860
Here:

79.6%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 3,300
Here:

20.4%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 3,050
Here:

77.1%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 905
Here:

22.9%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 20,975
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 5,220
Here:

24.9%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 7,520
Here:

35.9%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 2,910
Here:

13.9%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 3,740
Here:

17.8%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 1,585
Here:

7.6%
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:

2.8
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 70,790
Male:

35,335
Female:

35,455
Living with relatives
Total: 1,665
Here:

2.4%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 775
Here:

2.2%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 890
This city:

2.5%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 3,855
This city:

5.4%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 2,215
Here:

6.3%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 1,640
This city:

4.6%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 8,025
Here:

11.3%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 4,045
This city:

11.4%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 3,980
This city:

11.2%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 57,240
This city:

80.9%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 28,305
Here:

80.1%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 28,940
Here:

81.6%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 7,875
Male:

3,800
Female:

4,080
Living with relatives
Total: 365
Here:

4.6%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 100
This city:

2.6%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 265
This city:

6.5%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 200
This city:

2.5%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 95
This city:

2.5%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 105
This city:

2.6%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 2,295
This city:

29.1%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 780
This city:

20.5%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 1,510
This city:

37.0%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 5,020
Here:

63.7%
Province:

67.1%
Male: 2,820
This city:

74.2%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 2,205
This city:

54.0%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 7,285
Here:

24.9%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 7,345
Here:

25.1%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,040
Here:

10.4%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 405
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 550
Here:

1.9%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 585
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 440
Here:

1.5%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 8,025
Here:

27.4%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,585
Here:

5.4%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.5
1 person: 8,025
Here:

27.4%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 10,300
Here:

35.2%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 4,720
Here:

16.1%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 4,060
Here:

13.9%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 1,480
Here:

5.1%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 670
Here:

2.3%
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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