Red Deer - City, Alberta, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 24,530
2 persons: 12,675
Here:

51.7%
State:

48.5%
3 persons: 5,265
Here:

21.5%
State:

21.4%
4 persons: 4,595
Here:

18.7%
State:

20.4%
5 or more persons: 2,000
Here:

8.2%
State:

9.7%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 16,385
Here:

80.9%
State:

84.1%
Common-law couples: 3,875
Here:

19.1%
State:

15.9%
Female lone parent: 3,375
Here:

78.9%
State:

76.7%
Male lone parent: 905
Here:

21.1%
State:

23.3%

Family types in Red Deer

Children in Families

Total children in families: 25,285
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 7,215
Here:

28.5%
State:

25.9%
6 to 14 years: 9,120
Here:

36.1%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 3,200
Here:

12.7%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 4,270
Here:

16.9%
State:

18.4%
25 years and over: 1,490
Here:

5.9%
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:

2.9
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 88,730
Male:

44,025
Female:

44,705
Living with relatives
Total: 2,235
This city:

2.5%
Alberta:

2.4%
Male: 1,115
This city:

2.5%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 1,115
Here:

2.5%
Alberta:

2.5%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 6,885
This city:

7.8%
Alberta:

5.3%
Male: 4,120
Here:

9.4%
Province:

6.3%
Female: 2,760
This city:

6.2%
Province:

4.2%
Living alone
Total: 9,545
Here:

10.8%
Alberta:

9.6%
Male: 4,335
This city:

9.8%
Province:

9.4%
Female: 5,205
Here:

11.6%
Alberta:

9.8%
Living with census family
Total: 70,075
Here:

79.0%
Province:

82.7%
Male: 34,455
Here:

78.3%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 35,625
This city:

79.7%
Alberta:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 8,375
Male:

3,685
Female:

4,695
Living with relatives
Total: 265
This city:

3.2%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 55
This city:

1.5%
Province:

2.3%
Female: 215
This city:

4.6%
Province:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 205
Here:

2.4%
Alberta:

2.0%
Male: 100
This city:

2.7%
Alberta:

2.1%
Female: 110
This city:

2.3%
Alberta:

1.9%
Living alone
Total: 2,455
Here:

29.3%
Alberta:

25.0%
Male: 600
This city:

16.3%
Province:

15.8%
Female: 1,860
Here:

39.6%
Province:

33.0%
Living with census family
Total: 5,445
Here:

65.0%
Alberta:

68.7%
Male: 2,930
Here:

79.5%
Alberta:

79.8%
Female: 2,510
Here:

53.5%
Alberta:

58.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 8,985
Here:

24.7%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 9,265
Here:

25.5%
State:

29.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,240
Here:

8.9%
State:

7.7%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 630
Here:

1.7%
State:

1.5%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 670
Here:

1.8%
State:

2.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 730
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.6%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 490
Here:

1.3%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 9,545
Here:

26.3%
State:

24.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,780
Here:

7.6%
State:

5.6%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.6
1 person: 9,545
Here:

26.3%
State:

24.7%
2 persons: 12,980
Here:

35.7%
State:

34.3%
3 persons: 5,980
Here:

16.5%
State:

16.2%
4 persons: 5,105
Here:

14.0%
State:

15.2%
5 persons: 1,935
Here:

5.3%
State:

6.1%
6 or more persons: 805
Here:

2.2%
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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