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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 55,400
2 persons: 23,515
Here:

42.4%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 15,400
Here:

27.8%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 12,515
Here:

22.6%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 3,970
Here:

7.2%
State:

7.3%

Richmond Family Size

Married couples: 43,270
Here:

93.1%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 3,210
Here:

6.9%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 7,385
Here:

82.8%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 1,535
Here:

17.2%
State:

21.5%

Family types in Richmond

Children in Families

Total children in families: 62,360
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 10,065
Here:

16.1%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 17,105
Here:

27.4%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 7,105
Here:

11.4%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 15,675
Here:

25.1%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 12,415
Here:

19.9%
State:

12.1%

Age of children in families in Richmond

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: 189,305
Male:

90,850
Female:

98,450
Living with relatives
Total: 5,680
This city:

3.0%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 1,900
This city:

2.1%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 3,790
Here:

3.8%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 5,200
This city:

2.7%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 2,675
This city:

2.9%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 2,520
Here:

2.6%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 14,180
Here:

7.5%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 5,815
Here:

6.4%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 8,360
This city:

8.5%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 164,245
This city:

86.8%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 80,460
This city:

88.6%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 83,785
This city:

85.1%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 25,090
Male:

11,535
Female:

13,560
Living with relatives
Total: 2,210
Here:

8.8%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 410
Here:

3.6%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 1,800
Here:

13.3%
Province:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 370
This city:

1.5%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 165
Here:

1.4%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 205
This city:

1.5%
Province:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 4,700
Here:

18.7%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 1,250
Here:

10.8%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 3,450
Here:

25.4%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 17,815
This city:

71.0%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 9,710
Here:

84.2%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 8,105
Here:

59.8%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 13,970
Here:

20.6%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 23,100
Here:

34.0%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 6,725
Here:

9.9%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 895
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 2,620
Here:

3.9%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 940
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 3,435
Here:

5.1%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 14,175
Here:

20.9%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,120
Here:

3.1%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.8
State:

2.5
1 person: 14,175
Here:

20.9%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 19,830
Here:

29.2%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 13,920
Here:

20.5%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 12,145
Here:

17.9%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 4,625
Here:

6.8%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 3,275
Here:

4.8%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Richmond


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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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