Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 20,890
2 persons: 11,310
Here:

54.1%
State:

48.5%
3 persons: 4,245
Here:

20.3%
State:

21.4%
4 persons: 3,700
Here:

17.7%
State:

20.4%
5 or more persons: 1,630
Here:

7.8%
State:

9.7%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 14,985
Here:

84.3%
State:

84.1%
Common-law couples: 2,780
Here:

15.6%
State:

15.9%
Female lone parent: 2,455
Here:

78.7%
State:

76.7%
Male lone parent: 665
Here:

21.3%
State:

23.3%

Family types in this city

Children in Families

Total children in families: 20,250
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 5,345
Here:

26.4%
State:

25.9%
6 to 14 years: 7,780
Here:

38.4%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 2,585
Here:

12.8%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 3,280
Here:

16.2%
State:

18.4%
25 years and over: 1,255
Here:

6.2%
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: 71,010
Male:

35,020
Female:

35,990
Living with relatives
Total: 1,095
This city:

1.5%
Alberta:

2.4%
Male: 530
Here:

1.5%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 560
Here:

1.6%
Alberta:

2.5%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,790
This city:

3.9%
Alberta:

5.3%
Male: 1,600
This city:

4.6%
Province:

6.3%
Female: 1,190
This city:

3.3%
Province:

4.2%
Living alone
Total: 8,215
This city:

11.6%
Province:

9.6%
Male: 3,805
This city:

10.9%
Alberta:

9.4%
Female: 4,410
Here:

12.3%
Province:

9.8%
Living with census family
Total: 58,905
This city:

83.0%
Alberta:

82.7%
Male: 29,085
Here:

83.1%
Alberta:

81.9%
Female: 29,825
Here:

82.9%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 9,775
Male:

4,460
Female:

5,315
Living with relatives
Total: 180
This city:

1.8%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 50
This city:

1.1%
Alberta:

2.3%
Female: 125
Here:

2.4%
Alberta:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 145
Here:

1.5%
Alberta:

2.0%
Male: 65
Here:

1.5%
Alberta:

2.1%
Female: 75
This city:

1.4%
Province:

1.9%
Living alone
Total: 2,850
This city:

29.2%
Province:

25.0%
Male: 745
This city:

16.7%
Province:

15.8%
Female: 2,105
This city:

39.6%
Alberta:

33.0%
Living with census family
Total: 6,600
This city:

67.5%
Alberta:

68.7%
Male: 3,600
Here:

80.7%
Alberta:

79.8%
Female: 3,000
Here:

56.4%
Province:

58.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 8,975
Here:

29.9%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 7,880
Here:

26.2%
State:

29.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,525
Here:

8.4%
State:

7.7%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 280
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.5%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 280
Here:

0.9%
State:

2.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 400
Here:

1.3%
State:

1.6%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 270
Here:

0.9%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 8,215
Here:

27.3%
State:

24.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,220
Here:

4.1%
State:

5.6%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.6
1 person: 8,215
Here:

27.3%
State:

24.7%
2 persons: 11,415
Here:

38.0%
State:

34.3%
3 persons: 4,525
Here:

15.1%
State:

16.2%
4 persons: 3,895
Here:

13.0%
State:

15.2%
5 persons: 1,410
Here:

4.7%
State:

6.1%
6 or more persons: 580
Here:

1.9%
State:

3.5%

Households sizes in 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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