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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 10,680
2 persons: 6,455
Here:

60.4%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 2,045
Here:

19.1%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 1,565
Here:

14.7%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 610
Here:

5.7%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 7,190
Here:

82.0%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 1,580
Here:

18.0%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 1,510
Here:

78.9%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 405
Here:

21.1%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 9,115
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 2,165
Here:

23.8%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 3,130
Here:

34.3%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 1,250
Here:

13.7%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 1,735
Here:

19.0%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 835
Here:

9.2%
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: 36,490
Male:

17,240
Female:

19,250
Living with relatives
Total: 745
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 305
Here:

1.8%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 435
This city:

2.3%
Province:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,975
Here:

5.4%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 1,130
Here:

6.6%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 845
Here:

4.4%
British Columbia:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 5,200
This city:

14.3%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 1,880
This city:

10.9%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 3,325
This city:

17.3%
British Columbia:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 28,570
Here:

78.3%
British Columbia:

81.3%
Male: 13,925
This city:

80.8%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 14,640
This city:

76.1%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 7,580
Male:

3,335
Female:

4,250
Living with relatives
Total: 195
This city:

2.6%
Province:

5.1%
Male: 45
Here:

1.3%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 155
This city:

3.6%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 165
This city:

2.2%
British Columbia:

2.1%
Male: 80
Here:

2.4%
British Columbia:

2.2%
Female: 85
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 2,375
Here:

31.3%
Province:

25.7%
Male: 595
Here:

17.8%
Province:

16.9%
Female: 1,785
Here:

42.0%
Province:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 4,835
Here:

63.8%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 2,615
Here:

78.4%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 2,220
Here:

52.2%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 4,830
Here:

29.4%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 3,135
Here:

19.1%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,465
Here:

8.9%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 230
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 255
Here:

1.6%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 310
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 225
Here:

1.4%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 5,205
Here:

31.7%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 770
Here:

4.7%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.5
1 person: 5,200
Here:

31.6%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 6,350
Here:

38.6%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 2,235
Here:

13.6%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 1,750
Here:

10.7%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 595
Here:

3.6%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 295
Here:

1.8%
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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