East Hants - Municipal district, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 6,800
2 persons: 3,515
Here:

51.7%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 1,450
Here:

21.3%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 1,335
Here:

19.6%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 500
Here:

7.4%
State:

6.1%

East Hants Family Size

Married couples: 4,905
Here:

82.9%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 1,010
Here:

17.1%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 670
Here:

75.7%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 215
Here:

24.3%
State:

19.5%

Family types in East Hants

Children in Families

Total children in families: 6,710
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 1,485
Here:

22.1%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 2,450
Here:

36.5%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 890
Here:

13.3%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 1,300
Here:

19.4%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 585
Here:

8.7%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in East Hants

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:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 22,075
Male:

11,040
Female:

11,035
Living with relatives
Total: 380
This district:

1.7%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 140
This district:

1.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 235
This district:

2.1%
Province:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 610
This district:

2.8%
Nova Scotia:

4.1%
Male: 315
Here:

2.9%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 295
This district:

2.7%
Province:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 1,665
Here:

7.5%
Nova Scotia:

12.0%
Male: 825
This district:

7.5%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 835
Here:

7.6%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 19,420
Here:

88.0%
Nova Scotia:

81.9%
Male: 9,755
Here:

88.4%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 9,665
This district:

87.6%
Nova Scotia:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 2,640
Male:

1,265
Female:

1,380
Living with relatives
Total: 135
Here:

5.1%
Nova Scotia:

4.3%
Male: 35
This district:

2.8%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 100
This district:

7.2%
Province:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 70
This district:

2.7%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 30
Here:

2.4%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 40
Here:

2.9%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 635
Here:

24.1%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 200
This district:

15.8%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 440
Here:

31.9%
Nova Scotia:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 1,795
This district:

68.0%
Province:

66.0%
Male: 1,000
This district:

79.1%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 800
Here:

58.0%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 2,730
Here:

31.9%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 2,750
Here:

32.2%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 635
Here:

7.4%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 105
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 120
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 145
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 155
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 1,665
Here:

19.5%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 245
Here:

2.9%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.6
State:

2.3
1 person: 1,665
Here:

19.5%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 3,320
Here:

38.8%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 1,490
Here:

17.4%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 1,410
Here:

16.5%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 460
Here:

5.4%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 205
Here:

2.4%
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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