Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 12,975
2 persons: 7,045
Here:

54.3%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 2,720
Here:

21.0%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 2,330
Here:

18.0%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 880
Here:

6.8%
State:

6.1%

Hants Family Size

Married couples: 9,035
Here:

82.0%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 1,990
Here:

18.1%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 1,495
Here:

76.5%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 460
Here:

23.5%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this division

Children in Families

Total children in families: 12,290
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 2,765
Here:

22.5%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 4,470
Here:

36.4%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 1,650
Here:

13.4%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 2,285
Here:

18.6%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 1,120
Here:

9.1%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this division

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: 41,820
Male:

20,635
Female:

21,185
Living with relatives
Total: 745
This division:

1.8%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 290
This division:

1.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 455
Here:

2.1%
Province:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,130
Here:

2.7%
Nova Scotia:

4.1%
Male: 580
This division:

2.8%
Province:

4.6%
Female: 545
Here:

2.6%
Nova Scotia:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 3,655
This division:

8.7%
Nova Scotia:

12.0%
Male: 1,700
This division:

8.2%
Nova Scotia:

10.8%
Female: 1,955
Here:

9.2%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 36,290
Here:

86.8%
Nova Scotia:

81.9%
Male: 18,065
Here:

87.5%
Province:

83.0%
Female: 18,225
Here:

86.0%
Nova Scotia:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 5,925
Male:

2,770
Female:

3,160
Living with relatives
Total: 290
This division:

4.9%
Nova Scotia:

4.3%
Male: 65
This division:

2.3%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 225
This division:

7.1%
Nova Scotia:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 135
Here:

2.3%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 70
Here:

2.5%
Nova Scotia:

2.0%
Female: 70
This division:

2.2%
Province:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 1,490
This division:

25.1%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 450
This division:

16.2%
Province:

17.7%
Female: 1,035
This division:

32.8%
Province:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 4,020
Here:

67.8%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 2,190
This division:

79.1%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 1,830
Here:

57.9%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 5,360
Here:

32.0%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 4,805
Here:

28.7%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,420
Here:

8.5%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 205
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 225
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 300
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 330
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 3,655
Here:

21.8%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 445
Here:

2.7%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.5
State:

2.3
1 person: 3,655
Here:

21.8%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 6,600
Here:

39.4%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 2,775
Here:

16.6%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 2,510
Here:

15.0%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 855
Here:

5.1%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 350
Here:

2.1%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in Hants


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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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