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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 9,200
2 persons: 5,885
Here:

64.0%
State:

52.1%
3 persons: 1,675
Here:

18.2%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 1,240
Here:

13.5%
State:

19.3%
5 or more persons: 400
Here:

4.3%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 6,270
Here:

83.0%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 1,285
Here:

17.0%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 1,315
Here:

79.5%
State:

78.5%
Male lone parent: 340
Here:

20.5%
State:

21.5%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 7,135
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 1,595
Here:

22.4%
State:

21.1%
6 to 14 years: 2,430
Here:

34.1%
State:

33.3%
15 to 17 years: 1,030
Here:

14.4%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 1,370
Here:

19.2%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 710
Here:

10.0%
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:

2.6
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 31,720
Male:

14,940
Female:

16,780
Living with relatives
Total: 635
Here:

2.0%
British Columbia:

2.4%
Male: 265
This city:

1.8%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 370
This city:

2.2%
British Columbia:

2.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,655
This city:

5.2%
Province:

4.7%
Male: 990
This city:

6.6%
Province:

5.3%
Female: 670
Here:

4.0%
Province:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 5,540
Here:

17.5%
Province:

11.5%
Male: 2,120
Here:

14.2%
British Columbia:

10.8%
Female: 3,420
Here:

20.4%
Province:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 23,890
Here:

75.3%
Province:

81.3%
Male: 11,565
Here:

77.4%
British Columbia:

81.9%
Female: 12,325
Here:

73.5%
Province:

80.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 7,760
Male:

3,385
Female:

4,380
Living with relatives
Total: 195
This city:

2.5%
British Columbia:

5.1%
Male: 40
Here:

1.2%
British Columbia:

2.5%
Female: 150
Here:

3.4%
British Columbia:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 200
Here:

2.6%
Province:

2.1%
Male: 115
Here:

3.4%
Province:

2.2%
Female: 80
This city:

1.8%
British Columbia:

2.0%
Living alone
Total: 2,680
This city:

34.5%
British Columbia:

25.7%
Male: 745
Here:

22.0%
British Columbia:

16.9%
Female: 1,940
This city:

44.3%
British Columbia:

33.5%
Living with census family
Total: 4,685
This city:

60.4%
British Columbia:

67.1%
Male: 2,480
Here:

73.3%
British Columbia:

78.3%
Female: 2,205
This city:

50.3%
Province:

57.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 4,495
Here:

29.5%
State:

26.0%
One-family households with children: 2,425
Here:

15.9%
State:

24.9%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,290
Here:

8.5%
State:

8.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 175
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 180
Here:

1.2%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 250
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 185
Here:

1.2%
State:

2.9%
One-person households: 5,540
Here:

36.4%
State:

28.3%
Two-or-more-person households: 695
Here:

4.6%
State:

4.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.1
State:

2.5
1 person: 5,540
Here:

36.4%
State:

28.3%
2 persons: 5,850
Here:

38.4%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 1,845
Here:

12.1%
State:

15.0%
4 persons: 1,375
Here:

9.0%
State:

13.5%
5 persons: 410
Here:

2.7%
State:

5.2%
6 or more persons: 210
Here:

1.4%
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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