Cape Breton - Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 8,785
2 persons: 4,805
Here:

54.7%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 2,085
Here:

23.7%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 1,350
Here:

15.4%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 555
Here:

6.3%
State:

6.1%

This centre Family Size

Married couples: 5,440
Here:

83.9%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 1,045
Here:

16.1%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 1,945
Here:

84.4%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 360
Here:

15.6%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this centre

Children in Families

Total children in families: 8,905
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 1,755
Here:

19.7%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 2,730
Here:

30.7%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 1,110
Here:

12.5%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 1,910
Here:

21.4%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 1,405
Here:

15.8%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this centre

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: 30,570
Male:

14,315
Female:

16,250
Living with relatives
Total: 760
Here:

2.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 330
This centre:

2.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 435
Here:

2.7%
Province:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,110
This centre:

3.6%
Nova Scotia:

4.1%
Male: 645
Here:

4.5%
Province:

4.6%
Female: 470
Here:

2.9%
Province:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 4,515
This centre:

14.8%
Nova Scotia:

12.0%
Male: 1,755
Here:

12.3%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 2,760
This centre:

17.0%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 24,180
Here:

79.1%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 11,590
This centre:

81.0%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 12,595
Here:

77.5%
Nova Scotia:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 5,815
Male:

2,440
Female:

3,380
Living with relatives
Total: 285
This centre:

4.9%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 75
This centre:

3.1%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 210
This centre:

6.2%
Province:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 130
This centre:

2.2%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 65
Here:

2.7%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 65
Here:

1.9%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 1,960
Here:

33.7%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 525
This centre:

21.5%
Nova Scotia:

17.7%
Female: 1,430
This centre:

42.3%
Nova Scotia:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 3,440
Here:

59.2%
Province:

66.0%
Male: 1,775
Here:

72.7%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 1,675
This centre:

49.6%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 3,090
Here:

22.7%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 2,860
Here:

21.0%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,835
Here:

13.5%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 145
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 150
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 260
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 225
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 4,515
Here:

33.1%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 555
Here:

4.1%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.3
1 person: 4,520
Here:

33.2%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 4,655
Here:

34.2%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 2,180
Here:

16.0%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 1,505
Here:

11.0%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 550
Here:

4.0%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 225
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in Cape Breton


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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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