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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 17,160
2 persons: 9,525
Here:

55.5%
State:

48.5%
3 persons: 3,480
Here:

20.3%
State:

21.4%
4 persons: 2,920
Here:

17.0%
State:

20.4%
5 or more persons: 1,230
Here:

7.2%
State:

9.7%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 12,050
Here:

83.6%
State:

84.1%
Common-law couples: 2,370
Here:

16.4%
State:

15.9%
Female lone parent: 2,185
Here:

79.7%
State:

76.7%
Male lone parent: 555
Here:

20.3%
State:

23.3%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 16,165
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 4,265
Here:

26.4%
State:

25.9%
6 to 14 years: 6,160
Here:

38.1%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 2,045
Here:

12.7%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 2,655
Here:

16.4%
State:

18.4%
25 years and over: 1,045
Here:

6.5%
State:

8.2%

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:

2.8
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 58,640
Male:

28,685
Female:

29,955
Living with relatives
Total: 975
Here:

1.7%
Alberta:

2.4%
Male: 475
Here:

1.7%
Alberta:

2.4%
Female: 505
Here:

1.7%
Province:

2.5%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,525
Here:

4.3%
Alberta:

5.3%
Male: 1,455
Here:

5.1%
Alberta:

6.3%
Female: 1,065
This city:

3.6%
Alberta:

4.2%
Living alone
Total: 7,395
This city:

12.6%
Province:

9.6%
Male: 3,295
This city:

11.5%
Province:

9.4%
Female: 4,095
Here:

13.7%
Province:

9.8%
Living with census family
Total: 47,745
Here:

81.4%
Province:

82.7%
Male: 23,460
Here:

81.8%
Alberta:

81.9%
Female: 24,285
This city:

81.1%
Alberta:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 8,645
Male:

3,855
Female:

4,790
Living with relatives
Total: 160
Here:

1.9%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 45
Here:

1.2%
Alberta:

2.3%
Female: 115
Here:

2.4%
Alberta:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 125
This city:

1.4%
Province:

2.0%
Male: 55
This city:

1.4%
Alberta:

2.1%
Female: 70
This city:

1.5%
Alberta:

1.9%
Living alone
Total: 2,615
Here:

30.2%
Alberta:

25.0%
Male: 645
Here:

16.7%
Province:

15.8%
Female: 1,970
This city:

41.1%
Province:

33.0%
Living with census family
Total: 5,745
This city:

66.5%
Province:

68.7%
Male: 3,105
Here:

80.5%
Province:

79.8%
Female: 2,635
Here:

55.0%
Province:

58.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 7,475
Here:

29.4%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 6,190
Here:

24.3%
State:

29.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,220
Here:

8.7%
State:

7.7%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 250
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.5%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 235
Here:

0.9%
State:

2.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 350
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.6%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 215
Here:

0.8%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 7,390
Here:

29.0%
State:

24.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,115
Here:

4.4%
State:

5.6%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.6
1 person: 7,395
Here:

29.1%
State:

24.7%
2 persons: 9,665
Here:

38.0%
State:

34.3%
3 persons: 3,755
Here:

14.8%
State:

16.2%
4 persons: 3,110
Here:

12.2%
State:

15.2%
5 persons: 1,085
Here:

4.3%
State:

6.1%
6 or more persons: 440
Here:

1.7%
State:

3.5%

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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