Cape Breton - Regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 28,805
2 persons: 15,885
Here:

55.1%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 6,840
Here:

23.7%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 4,445
Here:

15.4%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 1,630
Here:

5.7%
State:

6.1%

Cape Breton Family Size

Married couples: 18,795
Here:

86.6%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 2,900
Here:

13.4%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 5,925
Here:

83.3%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 1,185
Here:

16.7%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Cape Breton

Children in Families

Total children in families: 28,185
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 4,875
Here:

17.3%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 8,330
Here:

29.6%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 3,490
Here:

12.4%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 6,450
Here:

22.9%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 5,040
Here:

17.9%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this municipality

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: 95,475
Male:

45,315
Female:

50,165
Living with relatives
Total: 2,485
This municipality:

2.6%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 1,025
Here:

2.3%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 1,460
Here:

2.9%
Province:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,470
Here:

2.6%
Nova Scotia:

4.1%
Male: 1,405
This municipality:

3.1%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 1,060
This municipality:

2.1%
Province:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 11,835
This municipality:

12.4%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 4,875
Here:

10.8%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 6,955
This municipality:

13.9%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 78,690
Here:

82.4%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 38,005
Here:

83.9%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 40,685
Here:

81.1%
Nova Scotia:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 18,310
Male:

7,990
Female:

10,325
Living with relatives
Total: 1,055
Here:

5.8%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 300
Here:

3.8%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 755
This municipality:

7.3%
Province:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 310
Here:

1.7%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 155
This municipality:

1.9%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 150
This municipality:

1.5%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 5,375
This municipality:

29.4%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 1,590
Here:

19.9%
Nova Scotia:

17.7%
Female: 3,785
Here:

36.7%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 11,570
Here:

63.2%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 5,945
This municipality:

74.4%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 5,630
This municipality:

54.5%
Province:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 10,505
Here:

25.5%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 9,320
Here:

22.7%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 5,565
Here:

13.5%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 445
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 565
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 815
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 790
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 11,830
Here:

28.8%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,290
Here:

3.1%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.3
1 person: 11,830
Here:

28.8%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 14,900
Here:

36.2%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 7,060
Here:

17.2%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 4,910
Here:

11.9%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 1,750
Here:

4.3%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 670
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in this municipality


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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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