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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 20,590
2 persons: 11,570
Here:

56.2%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 4,410
Here:

21.4%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 3,285
Here:

16.0%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 1,320
Here:

6.4%
State:

6.1%

Cape Breton Family Size

Married couples: 14,450
Here:

87.3%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 2,105
Here:

12.7%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 3,320
Here:

82.3%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 720
Here:

17.8%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Cape Breton

Children in Families

Total children in families: 19,435
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 3,335
Here:

17.2%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 6,145
Here:

31.6%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 2,465
Here:

12.7%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 4,335
Here:

22.3%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 3,155
Here:

16.2%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this district

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: 67,465
Male:

32,640
Female:

34,825
Living with relatives
Total: 1,710
Here:

2.5%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 725
Here:

2.2%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 985
Here:

2.8%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,380
This district:

2.0%
Nova Scotia:

4.1%
Male: 780
This district:

2.4%
Province:

4.6%
Female: 605
This district:

1.7%
Province:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 7,795
This district:

11.6%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 3,425
This district:

10.5%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 4,375
Here:

12.6%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 56,575
Here:

83.9%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 27,715
This district:

84.9%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 28,860
Here:

82.9%
Nova Scotia:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 13,545
Male:

6,225
Female:

7,325
Living with relatives
Total: 740
Here:

5.5%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 220
This district:

3.5%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 515
This district:

7.0%
Province:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 215
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 95
This district:

1.5%
Nova Scotia:

2.0%
Female: 120
Here:

1.6%
Province:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 3,710
Here:

27.4%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 1,185
This district:

19.0%
Nova Scotia:

17.7%
Female: 2,530
Here:

34.5%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 8,880
Here:

65.6%
Province:

66.0%
Male: 4,720
Here:

75.8%
Nova Scotia:

78.0%
Female: 4,160
Here:

56.8%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 8,390
Here:

29.3%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 6,915
Here:

24.1%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,105
Here:

10.8%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 325
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 370
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 475
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 500
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 7,795
Here:

27.2%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 795
Here:

2.8%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.3
1 person: 7,800
Here:

27.2%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 10,940
Here:

38.2%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 4,585
Here:

16.0%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 3,520
Here:

12.3%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 1,265
Here:

4.4%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 560
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in this district


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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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