Amherst - Town, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 2,800
2 persons: 1,675
Here:

59.8%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 590
Here:

21.1%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 370
Here:

13.2%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 155
Here:

5.5%
State:

6.1%

This town Family Size

Married couples: 1,705
Here:

79.3%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 445
Here:

20.7%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 515
Here:

79.8%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 130
Here:

20.2%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Amherst

Children in Families

Total children in families: 2,490
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 620
Here:

24.9%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 860
Here:

34.5%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 290
Here:

11.6%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 415
Here:

16.7%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 300
Here:

12.0%
State:

11.5%

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:

2.7
State:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 9,395
Male:

4,395
Female:

5,005
Living with relatives
Total: 150
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 55
Here:

1.3%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 90
This town:

1.8%
Province:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 265
Here:

2.8%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 140
Here:

3.2%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 130
Here:

2.6%
Nova Scotia:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 1,540
This town:

16.4%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 560
This town:

12.7%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 980
Here:

19.6%
Province:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 7,440
Here:

79.2%
Nova Scotia:

81.9%
Male: 3,635
Here:

82.7%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 3,800
Here:

75.9%
Province:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 1,830
Male:

740
Female:

1,085
Living with relatives
Total: 50
Here:

2.7%
Nova Scotia:

4.3%
Male: 10
This town:

1.4%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 45
This town:

4.1%
Nova Scotia:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 40
This town:

2.2%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 20
Here:

2.7%
Nova Scotia:

2.0%
Female: 20
Here:

1.8%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 695
Here:

38.0%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 160
This town:

21.6%
Nova Scotia:

17.7%
Female: 530
This town:

48.8%
Nova Scotia:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 1,050
Here:

57.4%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 550
This town:

74.3%
Nova Scotia:

78.0%
Female: 495
This town:

45.6%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,160
Here:

26.3%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 855
Here:

19.4%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 525
Here:

11.9%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 45
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 35
Here:

0.8%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 85
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 45
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 1,545
Here:

35.1%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 110
Here:

2.5%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.1
State:

2.3
1 person: 1,540
Here:

35.0%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 1,610
Here:

36.5%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 640
Here:

14.5%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 410
Here:

9.3%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 145
Here:

3.3%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 50
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in Amherst


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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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