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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 131,070
2 persons: 55,135
Here:

42.1%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 29,295
Here:

22.4%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 32,160
Here:

24.5%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 14,475
Here:

11.0%
State:

7.3%

Surrey Family Size

Married couples: 101,160
Here:

90.7%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 10,380
Here:

9.3%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 15,555
Here:

79.7%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 3,975
Here:

20.4%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 160,930
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.2
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 34,490
Here:

21.4%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 53,390
Here:

33.2%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 19,490
Here:

12.1%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 34,275
Here:

21.3%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 19,280
Here:

12.0%
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:

3.1
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 463,340
Male:

229,405
Female:

233,935
Living with relatives
Total: 15,055
Here:

3.2%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 5,725
Here:

2.5%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Female: 9,325
This city:

4.0%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 14,605
Here:

3.2%
British Columbia:

4.7%
Male: 8,405
Here:

3.7%
British Columbia:

5.3%
Female: 6,200
This city:

2.7%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 30,145
Here:

6.5%
British Columbia:

11.5%
Male: 14,400
This city:

6.3%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 15,740
This city:

6.7%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 403,535
Here:

87.1%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 200,875
Here:

87.6%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 202,665
Here:

86.6%
British Columbia:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 53,505
Male:

25,130
Female:

28,375
Living with relatives
Total: 5,500
This city:

10.3%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 1,305
This city:

5.2%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Female: 4,195
This city:

14.8%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,070
This city:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 545
This city:

2.2%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 525
This city:

1.9%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 9,680
Here:

18.1%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 2,850
Here:

11.3%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 6,830
Here:

24.1%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 37,255
This city:

69.6%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 20,430
Here:

81.3%
Province:

78.3%
Female: 16,820
This city:

59.3%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 31,255
Here:

20.4%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 49,275
Here:

32.2%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 13,245
Here:

8.7%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 2,125
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 7,355
Here:

4.8%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 2,565
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 11,680
Here:

7.6%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 30,140
Here:

19.7%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 5,205
Here:

3.4%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

3.0
State:

2.5
1 person: 30,145
Here:

19.7%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 42,950
Here:

28.1%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 25,100
Here:

16.4%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 27,760
Here:

18.2%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 13,625
Here:

8.9%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 13,275
Here:

8.7%
State:

3.3%

Households sizes in Surrey


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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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