Yellowknife - City, Northwest Territories, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 5,110
2 persons: 2,225
Here:

43.5%
State:

42.3%
3 persons: 1,225
Here:

24.0%
State:

24.1%
4 persons: 1,125
Here:

22.0%
State:

20.2%
5 or more persons: 525
Here:

10.3%
State:

13.4%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 2,980
Here:

70.2%
State:

63.5%
Common-law couples: 1,270
Here:

29.9%
State:

36.5%
Female lone parent: 655
Here:

75.7%
State:

73.8%
Male lone parent: 210
Here:

24.3%
State:

26.2%

Family types in Yellowknife

Children in Families

Total children in families: 6,110
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.2
State:

1.3
Under six years of age: 1,690
Here:

27.7%
State:

26.2%
6 to 14 years: 2,010
Here:

32.9%
State:

34.1%
15 to 17 years: 815
Here:

13.3%
State:

12.8%
18 to 24 years: 1,190
Here:

19.5%
State:

19.0%
25 years and over: 410
Here:

6.7%
State:

7.9%

Age of children in families in Yellowknife

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:

3.0
State:

3.1

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 18,850
Male:

9,440
Female:

9,410
Living with relatives
Total: 540
Here:

2.9%
Territory:

3.3%
Male: 235
Here:

2.5%
Territory:

3.3%
Female: 305
Here:

3.2%
Territory:

3.3%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,325
This city:

7.0%
Territory:

4.7%
Male: 785
Here:

8.3%
Territory:

5.3%
Female: 545
Here:

5.8%
Northwest Territories:

4.1%
Living alone
Total: 1,520
This city:

8.1%
Territory:

8.5%
Male: 785
This city:

8.3%
Northwest Territories:

9.5%
Female: 730
Here:

7.8%
Northwest Territories:

7.5%
Living with census family
Total: 15,465
Here:

82.0%
Northwest Territories:

83.5%
Male: 7,635
This city:

80.9%
Territory:

81.9%
Female: 7,830
This city:

83.2%
Northwest Territories:

85.1%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 640
Male:

320
Female:

320
Living with relatives
Total: 55
This city:

8.6%
Northwest Territories:

8.3%
Male: 10
Here:

3.1%
Territory:

4.8%
Female: 45
This city:

14.1%
Northwest Territories:

11.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 15
Here:

2.3%
Northwest Territories:

1.8%
Male: 10
This city:

3.1%
Northwest Territories:

1.8%
Female: 10
This city:

3.1%
Northwest Territories:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 195
This city:

30.5%
Territory:

28.0%
Male: 80
This city:

25.0%
Northwest Territories:

25.6%
Female: 115
This city:

35.9%
Territory:

31.1%
Living with census family
Total: 370
This city:

57.8%
Territory:

62.1%
Male: 220
Here:

68.8%
Northwest Territories:

67.8%
Female: 145
This city:

45.3%
Northwest Territories:

55.7%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,440
Here:

20.8%
State:

19.0%
One-family households with children: 2,195
Here:

31.7%
State:

31.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 640
Here:

9.2%
State:

11.0%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 180
Here:

2.6%
State:

1.9%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 215
Here:

3.1%
State:

2.7%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 155
Here:

2.2%
State:

2.3%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 145
Here:

2.1%
State:

3.2%
One-person households: 1,515
Here:

21.8%
State:

23.6%
Two-or-more-person households: 455
Here:

6.6%
State:

5.3%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.7
State:

2.8
1 person: 1,515
Here:

21.8%
State:

23.6%
2 persons: 2,120
Here:

30.6%
State:

28.8%
3 persons: 1,320
Here:

19.0%
State:

18.1%
4 persons: 1,220
Here:

17.6%
State:

15.8%
5 persons: 515
Here:

7.4%
State:

8.0%
6 or more persons: 250
Here:

3.6%
State:

5.6%

Households sizes in Yellowknife


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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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