Truro - Town, Nova Scotia, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 3,220
2 persons: 1,970
Here:

61.2%
State:

55.7%
3 persons: 660
Here:

20.5%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 445
Here:

13.8%
State:

16.4%
5 or more persons: 155
Here:

4.8%
State:

6.1%

This town Family Size

Married couples: 1,990
Here:

79.3%
State:

82.8%
Common-law couples: 525
Here:

20.9%
State:

17.2%
Female lone parent: 580
Here:

81.7%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 125
Here:

17.6%
State:

19.5%

Family types in this town

Children in Families

Total children in families: 2,760
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 705
Here:

25.5%
State:

21.0%
6 to 14 years: 855
Here:

31.0%
State:

34.0%
15 to 17 years: 405
Here:

14.7%
State:

13.0%
18 to 24 years: 520
Here:

18.8%
State:

20.5%
25 years and over: 275
Here:

10.0%
State:

11.5%

Age of children in families in this town

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:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 11,575
Male:

5,390
Female:

6,185
Living with relatives
Total: 220
This town:

1.9%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 75
This town:

1.4%
Nova Scotia:

1.7%
Female: 145
Here:

2.3%
Nova Scotia:

2.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 570
This town:

4.9%
Nova Scotia:

4.1%
Male: 295
This town:

5.5%
Nova Scotia:

4.6%
Female: 275
Here:

4.4%
Province:

3.7%
Living alone
Total: 2,295
This town:

19.8%
Province:

12.0%
Male: 920
Here:

17.1%
Province:

10.8%
Female: 1,375
Here:

22.2%
Nova Scotia:

13.2%
Living with census family
Total: 8,490
This town:

73.3%
Province:

81.9%
Male: 4,105
Here:

76.2%
Nova Scotia:

83.0%
Female: 4,385
This town:

70.9%
Province:

80.9%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 2,355
Male:

950
Female:

1,405
Living with relatives
Total: 70
This town:

3.0%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 15
This town:

1.6%
Nova Scotia:

2.4%
Female: 60
This town:

4.3%
Nova Scotia:

5.9%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 50
This town:

2.1%
Nova Scotia:

1.9%
Male: 25
Here:

2.6%
Nova Scotia:

2.0%
Female: 25
This town:

1.8%
Nova Scotia:

1.8%
Living alone
Total: 860
This town:

36.5%
Province:

27.8%
Male: 210
Here:

22.1%
Nova Scotia:

17.7%
Female: 645
Here:

45.9%
Nova Scotia:

36.2%
Living with census family
Total: 1,380
Here:

58.6%
Nova Scotia:

66.0%
Male: 700
Here:

73.7%
Province:

78.0%
Female: 675
Here:

48.0%
Nova Scotia:

56.0%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 1,410
Here:

24.5%
State:

28.9%
One-family households with children: 960
Here:

16.7%
State:

24.4%
Lone-parent-family households: 595
Here:

10.3%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 55
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 50
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 85
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 30
Here:

0.5%
State:

1.4%
One-person households: 2,295
Here:

39.8%
State:

27.9%
Two-or-more-person households: 270
Here:

4.7%
State:

4.4%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.0
State:

2.3
1 person: 2,295
Here:

39.8%
State:

27.9%
2 persons: 2,055
Here:

35.7%
State:

38.2%
3 persons: 730
Here:

12.7%
State:

15.9%
4 persons: 480
Here:

8.3%
State:

12.3%
5 persons: 145
Here:

2.5%
State:

4.1%
6 or more persons: 55
Here:

1.0%
State:

1.7%

Households sizes in Truro


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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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