Halifax - Regional municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 109,690
2 persons: 58,340
Here:

53.2%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 24,805
Here:

22.6%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 19,680
Here:

17.9%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 6,855
Here:

6.2%
State:

6.1%

Halifax Family Size

Married couples: 74,420
Here:

81.5%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 16,920
Here:

18.5%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 14,975
Here:

81.6%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 3,370
Here:

18.4%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Halifax

Children in Families

Total children in families: 104,965
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 23,675
Here:

22.6%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 35,535
Here:

33.9%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 13,095
Here:

12.5%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 21,780
Here:

20.7%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 10,870
Here:

10.4%
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:

2.8
State:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 384,305
Male:

186,125
Female:

198,180
Living with relatives
Total: 7,725
Here:

2.0%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 3,155
Here:

1.7%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 4,575
Here:

2.3%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 23,440
Here:

6.1%
Province:

4.1%
Male: 12,740
This municipality:

6.8%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 10,700
Here:

5.4%
Nova Scotia:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 47,145
Here:

12.3%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 20,355
Here:

10.9%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 26,785
This municipality:

13.5%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 305,995
Here:

79.6%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 149,875
Here:

80.5%
Nova Scotia:

83.0%
Female: 156,125
This municipality:

78.8%
Province:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 47,625
Male:

21,190
Female:

26,435
Living with relatives
Total: 2,225
Here:

4.7%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 465
This municipality:

2.2%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 1,760
Here:

6.7%
Province:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 920
Here:

1.9%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 410
Here:

1.9%
Province:

2.0%
Female: 510
This municipality:

1.9%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 13,140
Here:

27.6%
Nova Scotia:

27.8%
Male: 3,525
This municipality:

16.6%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 9,610
Here:

36.4%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 31,340
This municipality:

65.8%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 16,785
Here:

79.2%
Nova Scotia:

78.0%
Female: 14,555
This municipality:

55.1%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 43,085
Here:

26.1%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 41,435
Here:

25.1%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 14,510
Here:

8.8%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 1,880
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,965
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 2,285
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 2,240
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 47,145
Here:

28.6%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 10,490
Here:

6.4%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.3
1 person: 47,140
Here:

28.6%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 60,235
Here:

36.5%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 26,980
Here:

16.3%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 21,220
Here:

12.9%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 6,830
Here:

4.1%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 2,625
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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