Ajax - Town, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 30,955
2 persons: 10,985
Here:

35.5%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 7,730
Here:

25.0%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 8,490
Here:

27.4%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 3,745
Here:

12.1%
State:

9.1%

This town Family Size

Married couples: 22,610
Here:

89.4%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 2,685
Here:

10.6%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 4,645
Here:

82.1%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 1,010
Here:

17.8%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this town

Children in Families

Total children in families: 42,700
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.4
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 8,670
Here:

20.3%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 13,820
Here:

32.4%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 5,340
Here:

12.5%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 9,740
Here:

22.8%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 5,125
Here:

12.0%
State:

13.1%

Age of children in families in this town

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:

3.2
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 109,220
Male:

52,750
Female:

56,470
Living with relatives
Total: 3,145
This town:

2.9%
Province:

2.3%
Male: 1,005
This town:

1.9%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 2,135
Here:

3.8%
Ontario:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,070
This town:

1.9%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 1,110
Here:

2.1%
Province:

3.8%
Female: 965
This town:

1.7%
Ontario:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 5,060
This town:

4.6%
Province:

9.7%
Male: 2,100
Here:

4.0%
Ontario:

8.8%
Female: 2,960
Here:

5.2%
Ontario:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 98,945
This town:

90.6%
Province:

84.6%
Male: 48,535
Here:

92.0%
Province:

85.6%
Female: 50,410
This town:

89.3%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 9,315
Male:

4,065
Female:

5,250
Living with relatives
Total: 1,255
Here:

13.5%
Ontario:

6.0%
Male: 205
This town:

5.0%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 1,050
Here:

20.0%
Ontario:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 165
Here:

1.8%
Ontario:

1.8%
Male: 80
This town:

2.0%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 85
This town:

1.6%
Province:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 1,615
Here:

17.3%
Ontario:

24.4%
Male: 355
Here:

8.7%
Ontario:

14.9%
Female: 1,260
Here:

24.0%
Province:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 6,280
Here:

67.4%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 3,425
This town:

84.3%
Ontario:

80.5%
Female: 2,850
Here:

54.3%
Province:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 6,300
Here:

18.0%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 14,635
Here:

41.8%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,785
Here:

10.8%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 400
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,525
Here:

4.4%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 875
Here:

2.5%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 1,675
Here:

4.8%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 5,060
Here:

14.4%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 780
Here:

2.2%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

3.1
State:

2.6
1 person: 5,055
Here:

14.4%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 8,815
Here:

25.2%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 7,125
Here:

20.3%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 8,305
Here:

23.7%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 3,660
Here:

10.4%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 2,075
Here:

5.9%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in Ajax


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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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