Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 3,465
2 persons: 1,825
Here:

52.7%
State:

48.9%
3 persons: 715
Here:

20.6%
State:

20.7%
4 persons: 595
Here:

17.2%
State:

19.4%
5 or more persons: 325
Here:

9.4%
State:

11.0%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 2,210
Here:

82.5%
State:

85.6%
Common-law couples: 470
Here:

17.5%
State:

14.4%
Female lone parent: 630
Here:

80.8%
State:

78.0%
Male lone parent: 145
Here:

18.6%
State:

21.9%

Family types in Portage la Prairie

Children in Families

Total children in families: 3,815
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.2
Under six years of age: 980
Here:

25.7%
State:

23.3%
6 to 14 years: 1,425
Here:

37.4%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 480
Here:

12.6%
State:

12.8%
18 to 24 years: 635
Here:

16.6%
State:

19.4%
25 years and over: 295
Here:

7.7%
State:

9.2%

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:

2.9
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 12,390
Male:

5,860
Female:

6,530
Living with relatives
Total: 255
This city:

2.1%
Province:

2.7%
Male: 115
Here:

2.0%
Province:

2.6%
Female: 140
Here:

2.1%
Manitoba:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 350
This city:

2.8%
Manitoba:

2.9%
Male: 195
This city:

3.3%
Manitoba:

3.4%
Female: 160
Here:

2.5%
Province:

2.4%
Living alone
Total: 1,830
This city:

14.8%
Manitoba:

11.2%
Male: 725
This city:

12.4%
Manitoba:

10.3%
Female: 1,105
Here:

16.9%
Manitoba:

12.0%
Living with census family
Total: 9,960
Here:

80.4%
Manitoba:

83.2%
Male: 4,830
This city:

82.4%
Manitoba:

83.7%
Female: 5,130
This city:

78.6%
Manitoba:

82.7%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 2,030
Male:

845
Female:

1,185
Living with relatives
Total: 35
This city:

1.7%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 5
Here:

0.6%
Province:

1.9%
Female: 30
This city:

2.5%
Manitoba:

4.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 30
This city:

1.5%
Manitoba:

1.2%
Male: 20
Here:

2.4%
Manitoba:

1.3%
Female: 15
Here:

1.3%
Province:

1.1%
Living alone
Total: 810
This city:

39.9%
Province:

30.8%
Male: 200
Here:

23.7%
Province:

19.2%
Female: 610
Here:

51.5%
Manitoba:

40.2%
Living with census family
Total: 1,150
Here:

56.7%
Manitoba:

64.6%
Male: 620
Here:

73.4%
Province:

77.6%
Female: 530
Here:

44.7%
Manitoba:

54.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,350
Here:

25.0%
State:

25.4%
One-family households with children: 1,170
Here:

21.7%
State:

27.7%
Lone-parent-family households: 635
Here:

11.8%
State:

9.0%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 40
Here:

0.7%
State:

0.9%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 55
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.7%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 85
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.4%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 65
Here:

1.2%
State:

2.1%
One-person households: 1,830
Here:

34.0%
State:

28.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 170
Here:

3.2%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.3
State:

2.5
1 person: 1,830
Here:

34.0%
State:

28.2%
2 persons: 1,805
Here:

33.5%
State:

33.3%
3 persons: 730
Here:

13.5%
State:

14.5%
4 persons: 610
Here:

11.3%
State:

13.9%
5 persons: 270
Here:

5.0%
State:

6.0%
6 or more persons: 150
Here:

2.8%
State:

4.1%

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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