Toronto - City, Ontario, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 690,335
2 persons: 321,190
Here:

46.5%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 170,165
Here:

24.6%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 141,650
Here:

20.5%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 57,340
Here:

8.3%
State:

9.1%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 473,440
Here:

87.1%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 69,910
Here:

12.9%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 123,530
Here:

84.0%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 23,455
Here:

16.0%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Toronto

Children in Families

Total children in families: 792,755
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 165,825
Here:

20.9%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 231,955
Here:

29.3%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 84,815
Here:

10.7%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 168,280
Here:

21.2%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 141,885
Here:

17.9%
State:

13.1%

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: 2,576,025
Male:

1,238,225
Female:

1,337,800
Living with relatives
Total: 81,565
Here:

3.2%
Ontario:

2.3%
Male: 30,445
Here:

2.5%
Ontario:

1.8%
Female: 51,120
This city:

3.8%
Province:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 136,830
Here:

5.3%
Province:

3.4%
Male: 72,895
This city:

5.9%
Province:

3.8%
Female: 63,935
This city:

4.8%
Province:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 331,180
This city:

12.9%
Ontario:

9.7%
Male: 146,445
This city:

11.8%
Province:

8.8%
Female: 184,735
Here:

13.8%
Province:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 2,026,450
This city:

78.7%
Province:

84.6%
Male: 988,445
This city:

79.8%
Ontario:

85.6%
Female: 1,038,005
This city:

77.6%
Ontario:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 354,625
Male:

154,100
Female:

200,525
Living with relatives
Total: 25,450
Here:

7.2%
Ontario:

6.0%
Male: 5,075
This city:

3.3%
Ontario:

2.8%
Female: 20,375
Here:

10.2%
Ontario:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 8,280
Here:

2.3%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 3,820
Here:

2.5%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 4,460
This city:

2.2%
Ontario:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 95,205
Here:

26.8%
Ontario:

24.4%
Male: 26,775
This city:

17.4%
Province:

14.9%
Female: 68,430
This city:

34.1%
Ontario:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 225,685
This city:

63.6%
Ontario:

67.8%
Male: 118,430
This city:

76.9%
Province:

80.5%
Female: 107,260
Here:

53.5%
Province:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 194,975
Here:

18.6%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 260,510
Here:

24.9%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 110,450
Here:

10.5%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 12,835
Here:

1.2%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 28,110
Here:

2.7%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 18,940
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 31,140
Here:

3.0%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 331,180
Here:

31.6%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 59,740
Here:

5.7%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.5
State:

2.6
1 person: 331,180
Here:

31.6%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 307,845
Here:

29.4%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 168,750
Here:

16.1%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 142,760
Here:

13.6%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 59,005
Here:

5.6%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 38,340
Here:

3.7%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in Toronto


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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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