Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 18,240
2 persons: 9,380
Here:

51.4%
State:

52.4%
3 persons: 3,990
Here:

21.9%
State:

21.3%
4 persons: 3,395
Here:

18.6%
State:

17.9%
5 or more persons: 1,475
Here:

8.1%
State:

8.4%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 13,010
Here:

85.8%
State:

86.7%
Common-law couples: 2,155
Here:

14.2%
State:

13.4%
Female lone parent: 2,515
Here:

81.8%
State:

79.8%
Male lone parent: 565
Here:

18.4%
State:

20.2%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 18,655
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 4,090
Here:

21.9%
State:

20.9%
6 to 14 years: 6,360
Here:

34.1%
State:

34.7%
15 to 17 years: 2,440
Here:

13.1%
State:

13.5%
18 to 24 years: 3,955
Here:

21.2%
State:

20.8%
25 years and over: 1,810
Here:

9.7%
State:

10.1%

Age of children in families in this city

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:

2.9
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 63,065
Male:

30,040
Female:

33,030
Living with relatives
Total: 1,090
This city:

1.7%
Prince Edward Island:

1.7%
Male: 440
This city:

1.5%
Province:

1.5%
Female: 650
Here:

2.0%
Province:

1.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,980
Here:

4.7%
Prince Edward Island:

3.3%
Male: 1,590
This city:

5.3%
Province:

3.6%
Female: 1,390
Here:

4.2%
Province:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 6,940
This city:

11.0%
Province:

10.3%
Male: 2,590
Here:

8.6%
Province:

8.9%
Female: 4,350
Here:

13.2%
Prince Edward Island:

11.7%
Living with census family
Total: 52,055
Here:

82.5%
Province:

84.7%
Male: 25,425
This city:

84.6%
Province:

86.0%
Female: 26,630
Here:

80.6%
Province:

83.5%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 8,620
Male:

3,745
Female:

4,875
Living with relatives
Total: 315
This city:

3.7%
Prince Edward Island:

3.8%
Male: 75
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.5%
Female: 245
Here:

5.0%
Prince Edward Island:

5.0%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 165
Here:

1.9%
Province:

1.7%
Male: 75
This city:

2.0%
Prince Edward Island:

1.7%
Female: 95
This city:

1.9%
Province:

1.6%
Living alone
Total: 2,465
Here:

28.6%
Prince Edward Island:

26.9%
Male: 540
Here:

14.4%
Province:

16.2%
Female: 1,920
Here:

39.4%
Province:

35.9%
Living with census family
Total: 5,675
This city:

65.8%
Prince Edward Island:

67.6%
Male: 3,055
This city:

81.6%
Prince Edward Island:

79.5%
Female: 2,615
Here:

53.6%
Province:

57.5%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 6,940
Here:

26.5%
State:

28.8%
One-family households with children: 7,330
Here:

28.0%
State:

28.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,525
Here:

9.6%
State:

9.5%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 240
Here:

0.9%
State:

0.9%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 265
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.0%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 325
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.2%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 305
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.2%
One-person households: 6,940
Here:

26.5%
State:

25.1%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,315
Here:

5.0%
State:

3.8%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.4
1 person: 6,945
Here:

26.5%
State:

25.1%
2 persons: 9,530
Here:

36.4%
State:

37.7%
3 persons: 4,275
Here:

16.3%
State:

16.1%
4 persons: 3,605
Here:

13.8%
State:

13.7%
5 persons: 1,405
Here:

5.4%
State:

5.5%
6 or more persons: 430
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.9%

Households sizes in this city


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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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