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



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 26,775
2 persons: 11,785
Here:

44.0%
State:

46.7%
3 persons: 5,860
Here:

21.9%
State:

22.5%
4 persons: 6,670
Here:

24.9%
State:

21.7%
5 or more persons: 2,460
Here:

9.2%
State:

9.1%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 20,845
Here:

89.3%
State:

86.9%
Common-law couples: 2,500
Here:

10.7%
State:

13.1%
Female lone parent: 2,755
Here:

80.3%
State:

80.5%
Male lone parent: 675
Here:

19.7%
State:

19.5%

Family types in Waterloo

Children in Families

Total children in families: 30,670
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 6,075
Here:

19.8%
State:

20.6%
6 to 14 years: 10,565
Here:

34.4%
State:

32.4%
15 to 17 years: 3,955
Here:

12.9%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 7,170
Here:

23.4%
State:

21.8%
25 years and over: 2,905
Here:

9.5%
State:

13.1%

Age of children in families in Waterloo

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:

3.0
State:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 97,095
Male:

48,205
Female:

48,895
Living with relatives
Total: 1,650
Here:

1.7%
Province:

2.3%
Male: 725
This city:

1.5%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 920
This city:

1.9%
Ontario:

2.8%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 5,695
Here:

5.9%
Ontario:

3.4%
Male: 3,360
Here:

7.0%
Province:

3.8%
Female: 2,335
This city:

4.8%
Ontario:

3.0%
Living alone
Total: 8,955
This city:

9.2%
Ontario:

9.7%
Male: 4,020
This city:

8.3%
Province:

8.8%
Female: 4,935
This city:

10.1%
Province:

10.6%
Living with census family
Total: 80,795
This city:

83.2%
Province:

84.6%
Male: 40,090
This city:

83.2%
Ontario:

85.6%
Female: 40,700
This city:

83.2%
Ontario:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 11,310
Male:

5,115
Female:

6,190
Living with relatives
Total: 485
This city:

4.3%
Ontario:

6.0%
Male: 90
Here:

1.8%
Province:

2.8%
Female: 390
Here:

6.3%
Province:

8.7%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 150
This city:

1.3%
Province:

1.8%
Male: 50
Here:

1.0%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 100
Here:

1.6%
Ontario:

1.7%
Living alone
Total: 2,795
Here:

24.7%
Ontario:

24.4%
Male: 680
Here:

13.3%
Province:

14.9%
Female: 2,115
Here:

34.2%
Province:

32.3%
Living with census family
Total: 7,885
Here:

69.7%
Province:

67.8%
Male: 4,295
This city:

84.0%
Province:

80.5%
Female: 3,580
Here:

57.8%
Ontario:

57.3%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 8,990
Here:

24.0%
State:

24.0%
One-family households with children: 12,660
Here:

33.7%
State:

30.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 2,855
Here:

7.6%
State:

9.4%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 350
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.1%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 555
Here:

1.5%
State:

2.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 345
Here:

0.9%
State:

1.5%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 505
Here:

1.3%
State:

2.6%
One-person households: 8,955
Here:

23.9%
State:

25.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,305
Here:

6.1%
State:

3.7%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.6
State:

2.6
1 person: 8,960
Here:

23.9%
State:

25.2%
2 persons: 12,145
Here:

32.4%
State:

32.4%
3 persons: 6,310
Here:

16.8%
State:

16.4%
4 persons: 6,890
Here:

18.4%
State:

16.0%
5 persons: 2,315
Here:

6.2%
State:

6.4%
6 or more persons: 895
Here:

2.4%
State:

3.6%

Households sizes in Waterloo


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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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