Saguenay, Quebec, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 46,295
2 persons: 26,170
Here:

56.5%
State:

52.6%
3 persons: 9,640
Here:

20.8%
State:

21.5%
4 persons: 7,720
Here:

16.7%
State:

18.5%
5 or more persons: 2,770
Here:

6.0%
State:

7.5%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 23,915
Here:

59.8%
State:

62.2%
Common-law couples: 16,055
Here:

40.2%
State:

37.8%
Female lone parent: 4,695
Here:

74.2%
State:

76.0%
Male lone parent: 1,630
Here:

25.8%
State:

24.0%

Family types in Saguenay

Children in Families

Total children in families: 40,365
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 9,205
Here:

22.8%
State:

23.6%
6 to 14 years: 13,130
Here:

32.5%
State:

33.1%
15 to 17 years: 5,335
Here:

13.2%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 8,925
Here:

22.1%
State:

20.6%
25 years and over: 3,765
Here:

9.3%
State:

10.0%

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:

2.7
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 154,270
Male:

76,650
Female:

77,615
Living with relatives
Total: 2,470
This city:

1.6%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 1,110
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 1,360
Here:

1.8%
Province:

2.1%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 3,605
Here:

2.3%
Quebec:

3.2%
Male: 2,045
This city:

2.7%
Province:

3.7%
Female: 1,560
This city:

2.0%
Quebec:

2.7%
Living alone
Total: 21,560
Here:

14.0%
Quebec:

14.2%
Male: 10,305
This city:

13.4%
Province:

13.4%
Female: 11,255
This city:

14.5%
Quebec:

14.9%
Living with census family
Total: 126,635
This city:

82.1%
Quebec:

80.7%
Male: 63,190
This city:

82.4%
Quebec:

81.2%
Female: 63,445
Here:

81.7%
Province:

80.3%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 24,880
Male:

11,150
Female:

13,725
Living with relatives
Total: 880
This city:

3.5%
Province:

4.0%
Male: 250
This city:

2.2%
Quebec:

2.3%
Female: 635
Here:

4.6%
Province:

5.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 445
Here:

1.8%
Province:

2.2%
Male: 200
Here:

1.8%
Quebec:

2.3%
Female: 245
This city:

1.8%
Quebec:

2.1%
Living alone
Total: 7,450
This city:

29.9%
Quebec:

30.4%
Male: 2,120
This city:

19.0%
Quebec:

19.8%
Female: 5,330
Here:

38.8%
Quebec:

39.1%
Living with census family
Total: 16,110
Here:

64.8%
Quebec:

63.4%
Male: 8,590
Here:

77.0%
Province:

75.6%
Female: 7,515
This city:

54.8%
Province:

53.4%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 21,220
Here:

30.5%
State:

25.9%
One-family households with children: 17,230
Here:

24.8%
State:

25.3%
Lone-parent-family households: 5,725
Here:

8.2%
State:

9.2%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 520
Here:

0.7%
State:

0.8%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 485
Here:

0.7%
State:

1.0%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 420
Here:

0.6%
State:

1.0%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 345
Here:

0.5%
State:

0.8%
One-person households: 21,560
Here:

31.0%
State:

32.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,000
Here:

2.9%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.2
State:

2.3
1 person: 21,560
Here:

31.0%
State:

32.2%
2 persons: 26,625
Here:

38.3%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 10,100
Here:

14.5%
State:

14.6%
4 persons: 8,000
Here:

11.5%
State:

12.4%
5 persons: 2,430
Here:

3.5%
State:

4.2%
6 or more persons: 795
Here:

1.1%
State:

1.8%

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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