West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador / Côte-ouest--Northern Peninsula--Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 33,240
2 persons: 18,230
Here:

54.8%
State:

54.2%
3 persons: 8,075
Here:

24.3%
State:

23.9%
4 persons: 5,400
Here:

16.2%
State:

17.4%
5 or more persons: 1,540
Here:

4.6%
State:

4.4%

This region Family Size

Married couples: 22,780
Here:

81.8%
State:

84.7%
Common-law couples: 5,055
Here:

18.2%
State:

15.3%
Female lone parent: 4,275
Here:

79.2%
State:

80.8%
Male lone parent: 1,125
Here:

20.8%
State:

19.2%

Family types in West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador / Côte-ouest--Northern Peninsula--Labrador

Children in Families

Total children in families: 29,335
Average number of children at home
Here:

0.9
State:

0.9
Under six years of age: 6,025
Here:

20.5%
State:

20.7%
6 to 14 years: 9,965
Here:

34.0%
State:

33.2%
15 to 17 years: 3,750
Here:

12.8%
State:

12.1%
18 to 24 years: 5,875
Here:

20.0%
State:

20.3%
25 years and over: 3,715
Here:

12.7%
State:

13.8%

Age of children in families in this region

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:

2.7

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 104,115
Male:

51,150
Female:

52,965
Living with relatives
Total: 2,345
This region:

2.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

2.1%
Male: 1,015
This region:

2.0%
Province:

1.8%
Female: 1,330
This region:

2.5%
Province:

2.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 2,350
This region:

2.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

2.9%
Male: 1,305
Here:

2.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

3.3%
Female: 1,045
This region:

2.0%
Province:

2.6%
Living alone
Total: 9,010
This region:

8.7%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

9.1%
Male: 4,120
Here:

8.1%
Province:

7.9%
Female: 4,890
Here:

9.2%
Province:

10.3%
Living with census family
Total: 90,410
This region:

86.8%
Province:

85.8%
Male: 44,710
Here:

87.4%
Province:

87.0%
Female: 45,700
Here:

86.3%
Province:

84.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 15,645
Male:

7,575
Female:

8,065
Living with relatives
Total: 860
Here:

5.5%
Province:

5.4%
Male: 245
Here:

3.2%
Province:

3.0%
Female: 615
This region:

7.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

7.4%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 245
Here:

1.6%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

1.5%
Male: 130
This region:

1.7%
Province:

1.6%
Female: 110
Here:

1.4%
Province:

1.4%
Living alone
Total: 3,415
Here:

21.8%
Province:

22.9%
Male: 1,065
This region:

14.1%
Province:

13.4%
Female: 2,345
This region:

29.1%
Province:

31.2%
Living with census family
Total: 11,125
This region:

71.1%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

70.3%
Male: 6,135
Here:

81.0%
Province:

82.0%
Female: 4,995
This region:

61.9%
Newfoundland and Labrador:

59.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 13,375
Here:

31.7%
State:

31.0%
One-family households with children: 11,905
Here:

28.2%
State:

28.6%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,940
Here:

9.3%
State:

9.1%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 585
Here:

1.4%
State:

1.3%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 685
Here:

1.6%
State:

1.4%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 620
Here:

1.5%
State:

1.3%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 1,045
Here:

2.5%
State:

1.8%
One-person households: 9,010
Here:

21.3%
State:

22.2%
Two-or-more-person households: 1,075
Here:

2.5%
State:

3.3%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.5
State:

2.4
1 person: 9,010
Here:

21.3%
State:

22.2%
2 persons: 16,755
Here:

39.7%
State:

39.4%
3 persons: 8,065
Here:

19.1%
State:

18.9%
4 persons: 5,880
Here:

13.9%
State:

14.3%
5 persons: 1,780
Here:

4.2%
State:

3.9%
6 or more persons: 755
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.3%

Households sizes in West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador / Côte-ouest--Northern Peninsula--Labrador


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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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