St. John's - City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 29,090
2 persons: 15,500
Here:

53.3%
State:

54.2%
3 persons: 6,955
Here:

23.9%
State:

23.9%
4 persons: 5,130
Here:

17.6%
State:

17.4%
5 or more persons: 1,505
Here:

5.2%
State:

4.4%

St. John"s Family Size

Married couples: 18,630
Here:

80.9%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 4,385
Here:

19.0%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 5,090
Here:

83.9%
State:

80.8%
Male lone parent: 980
Here:

16.1%
State:

19.2%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 28,155
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 5,875
Here:

20.9%
State:

20.7%
6 to 14 years: 8,700
Here:

30.9%
State:

33.2%
15 to 17 years: 3,125
Here:

11.1%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 6,260
Here:

22.2%
State:

20.3%
25 years and over: 4,195
Here:

14.9%
State:

13.8%

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:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 103,875
Male:

49,495
Female:

54,385
Living with relatives
Total: 2,860
This city:

2.8%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 1,220
Here:

2.5%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 1,645
This city:

3.0%
Province:

2.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 7,675
This city:

7.4%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

2.9%
Male: 4,365
Here:

8.8%
Province:

3.3%
Female: 3,310
Here:

6.1%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

2.6%
Living alone
Total: 13,080
Here:

12.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

9.1%
Male: 5,045
This city:

10.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

7.9%
Female: 8,035
Here:

14.8%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

10.3%
Living with census family
Total: 80,265
Here:

77.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

85.8%
Male: 38,865
This city:

78.5%
Province:

87.0%
Female: 41,400
Here:

76.1%
Province:

84.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 14,175
Male:

5,990
Female:

8,185
Living with relatives
Total: 740
This city:

5.2%
Province:

5.4%
Male: 170
This city:

2.8%
Province:

3.0%
Female: 570
This city:

7.0%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 325
Here:

2.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

1.5%
Male: 135
This city:

2.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

1.6%
Female: 185
Here:

2.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

1.4%
Living alone
Total: 3,935
Here:

27.8%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

22.9%
Male: 895
This city:

14.9%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

13.4%
Female: 3,035
This city:

37.1%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

31.2%
Living with census family
Total: 9,175
Here:

64.7%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

70.3%
Male: 4,790
This city:

80.0%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

82.0%
Female: 4,385
This city:

53.6%
Province:

59.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 10,540
Here:

23.4%
State:

31.0%
One-family households with children: 10,560
Here:

23.5%
State:

28.6%
Lone-parent-family households: 4,970
Here:

11.0%
State:

9.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 600
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 575
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 650
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 595
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.8%
One-person households: 13,080
Here:

29.1%
State:

22.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 3,460
Here:

7.7%
State:

3.3%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.4
1 person: 13,080
Here:

29.1%
State:

22.2%
2 persons: 16,110
Here:

35.8%
State:

39.4%
3 persons: 7,830
Here:

17.4%
State:

18.9%
4 persons: 5,715
Here:

12.7%
State:

14.3%
5 persons: 1,705
Here:

3.8%
State:

3.9%
6 or more persons: 585
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.3%

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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