Shawinigan - Ville, Quebec, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 13,975
2 persons: 8,805
Here:

63.0%
State:

52.6%
3 persons: 2,795
Here:

20.0%
State:

21.5%
4 persons: 1,780
Here:

12.7%
State:

18.5%
5 or more persons: 595
Here:

4.3%
State:

7.5%

Shawinigan Family Size

Married couples: 6,795
Here:

59.6%
State:

62.2%
Common-law couples: 4,595
Here:

40.3%
State:

37.8%
Female lone parent: 1,955
Here:

75.8%
State:

76.0%
Male lone parent: 625
Here:

24.2%
State:

24.0%

Family types in Shawinigan

Children in Families

Total children in families: 10,880
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.8
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 2,235
Here:

20.5%
State:

23.6%
6 to 14 years: 3,425
Here:

31.5%
State:

33.1%
15 to 17 years: 1,525
Here:

14.0%
State:

12.7%
18 to 24 years: 2,425
Here:

22.3%
State:

20.6%
25 years and over: 1,270
Here:

11.7%
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:

2.6
State:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 48,030
Male:

23,315
Female:

24,720
Living with relatives
Total: 855
This city:

1.8%
Province:

1.9%
Male: 385
Here:

1.7%
Province:

1.7%
Female: 465
This city:

1.9%
Quebec:

2.1%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,390
This city:

2.9%
Province:

3.2%
Male: 785
Here:

3.4%
Quebec:

3.7%
Female: 610
Here:

2.5%
Quebec:

2.7%
Living alone
Total: 9,540
This city:

19.9%
Province:

14.2%
Male: 4,205
This city:

18.0%
Quebec:

13.4%
Female: 5,335
Here:

21.6%
Province:

14.9%
Living with census family
Total: 36,250
Here:

75.5%
Quebec:

80.7%
Male: 17,945
This city:

77.0%
Quebec:

81.2%
Female: 18,305
This city:

74.0%
Quebec:

80.3%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 10,415
Male:

4,535
Female:

5,880
Living with relatives
Total: 320
This city:

3.1%
Quebec:

4.0%
Male: 90
This city:

2.0%
Province:

2.3%
Female: 235
This city:

4.0%
Province:

5.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 230
This city:

2.2%
Quebec:

2.2%
Male: 115
This city:

2.5%
Quebec:

2.3%
Female: 115
Here:

2.0%
Quebec:

2.1%
Living alone
Total: 3,695
This city:

35.5%
Province:

30.4%
Male: 1,080
Here:

23.8%
Quebec:

19.8%
Female: 2,615
Here:

44.5%
Quebec:

39.1%
Living with census family
Total: 6,165
Here:

59.2%
Province:

63.4%
Male: 3,250
Here:

71.7%
Province:

75.6%
Female: 2,915
This city:

49.6%
Quebec:

53.4%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 6,825
Here:

28.2%
State:

25.9%
One-family households with children: 4,140
Here:

17.1%
State:

25.3%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,315
Here:

9.6%
State:

9.2%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 170
Here:

0.7%
State:

0.8%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 135
Here:

0.6%
State:

1.0%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 195
Here:

0.8%
State:

1.0%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 95
Here:

0.4%
State:

0.8%
One-person households: 9,545
Here:

39.5%
State:

32.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 745
Here:

3.1%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.0
State:

2.3
1 person: 9,545
Here:

39.5%
State:

32.2%
2 persons: 9,035
Here:

37.4%
State:

34.8%
3 persons: 2,970
Here:

12.3%
State:

14.6%
4 persons: 1,885
Here:

7.8%
State:

12.4%
5 persons: 540
Here:

2.2%
State:

4.2%
6 or more persons: 195
Here:

0.8%
State:

1.8%

Households sizes in Shawinigan


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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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