Lethbridge--Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 74,545
2 persons: 38,920
Here:

52.2%
State:

48.5%
3 persons: 14,455
Here:

19.4%
State:

21.4%
4 persons: 12,815
Here:

17.2%
State:

20.4%
5 or more persons: 8,360
Here:

11.2%
State:

9.7%

This region Family Size

Married couples: 55,180
Here:

86.0%
State:

84.1%
Common-law couples: 8,990
Here:

14.0%
State:

15.9%
Female lone parent: 8,140
Here:

78.4%
State:

76.7%
Male lone parent: 2,240
Here:

21.6%
State:

23.3%

Family types in this region

Children in Families

Total children in families: 80,655
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 21,665
Here:

26.9%
State:

25.9%
6 to 14 years: 30,265
Here:

37.5%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 10,405
Here:

12.9%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 13,150
Here:

16.3%
State:

18.4%
25 years and over: 5,160
Here:

6.4%
State:

8.2%

Age of children in families in this region

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:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 261,570
Male:

130,135
Female:

131,435
Living with relatives
Total: 5,105
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 2,550
This region:

2.0%
Alberta:

2.4%
Female: 2,550
Here:

1.9%
Province:

2.5%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 11,480
Here:

4.4%
Province:

5.3%
Male: 6,690
Here:

5.1%
Alberta:

6.3%
Female: 4,785
Here:

3.6%
Alberta:

4.2%
Living alone
Total: 25,620
Here:

9.8%
Alberta:

9.6%
Male: 11,865
This region:

9.1%
Alberta:

9.4%
Female: 13,755
This region:

10.5%
Province:

9.8%
Living with census family
Total: 219,370
This region:

83.9%
Alberta:

82.7%
Male: 109,030
Here:

83.8%
Alberta:

81.9%
Female: 110,340
This region:

84.0%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 34,635
Male:

16,240
Female:

18,400
Living with relatives
Total: 820
This region:

2.4%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 235
This region:

1.4%
Alberta:

2.3%
Female: 585
This region:

3.2%
Alberta:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 530
This region:

1.5%
Alberta:

2.0%
Male: 240
Here:

1.5%
Alberta:

2.1%
Female: 285
This region:

1.5%
Alberta:

1.9%
Living alone
Total: 9,030
This region:

26.1%
Alberta:

25.0%
Male: 2,530
This region:

15.6%
Province:

15.8%
Female: 6,500
Here:

35.3%
Alberta:

33.0%
Living with census family
Total: 24,260
This region:

70.0%
Alberta:

68.7%
Male: 13,225
This region:

81.4%
Province:

79.8%
Female: 11,030
Here:

59.9%
Province:

58.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 30,165
Here:

29.2%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 29,205
Here:

28.2%
State:

29.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 7,835
Here:

7.6%
State:

7.7%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 1,335
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.5%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,410
Here:

1.4%
State:

2.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 1,390
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.6%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 1,565
Here:

1.5%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 25,620
Here:

24.8%
State:

24.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 4,870
Here:

4.7%
State:

5.6%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.5
State:

2.6
1 person: 25,620
Here:

24.8%
State:

24.7%
2 persons: 38,525
Here:

37.3%
State:

34.3%
3 persons: 15,495
Here:

15.0%
State:

16.2%
4 persons: 13,570
Here:

13.1%
State:

15.2%
5 persons: 6,095
Here:

5.9%
State:

6.1%
6 or more persons: 4,105
Here:

4.0%
State:

3.5%

Households sizes in Lethbridge--Medicine Hat


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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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