Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 7,150
2 persons: 3,630
Here:

50.8%
State:

52.6%
3 persons: 1,615
Here:

22.6%
State:

21.7%
4 persons: 1,385
Here:

19.4%
State:

18.2%
5 or more persons: 525
Here:

7.3%
State:

7.3%

This city Family Size

Married couples: 4,060
Here:

71.0%
State:

68.5%
Common-law couples: 1,655
Here:

29.0%
State:

31.5%
Female lone parent: 1,060
Here:

73.9%
State:

72.6%
Male lone parent: 375
Here:

26.1%
State:

27.4%

Family types in Whitehorse

Children in Families

Total children in families: 7,545
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.0
Under six years of age: 1,770
Here:

23.5%
State:

23.8%
6 to 14 years: 2,715
Here:

36.0%
State:

35.6%
15 to 17 years: 915
Here:

12.1%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 1,565
Here:

20.7%
State:

20.0%
25 years and over: 585
Here:

7.8%
State:

8.3%

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:

2.8

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 25,565
Male:

12,705
Female:

12,855
Living with relatives
Total: 665
Here:

2.6%
Yukon Territory:

2.6%
Male: 320
Here:

2.5%
Territory:

2.5%
Female: 345
This city:

2.7%
Yukon Territory:

2.6%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 1,475
This city:

5.8%
Yukon Territory:

5.3%
Male: 795
This city:

6.3%
Territory:

5.7%
Female: 685
This city:

5.3%
Yukon Territory:

4.9%
Living alone
Total: 3,005
Here:

11.8%
Territory:

13.0%
Male: 1,485
Here:

11.7%
Yukon Territory:

13.7%
Female: 1,520
Here:

11.8%
Territory:

12.3%
Living with census family
Total: 20,415
This city:

79.9%
Yukon Territory:

79.1%
Male: 10,105
Here:

79.5%
Territory:

78.0%
Female: 10,310
Here:

80.2%
Territory:

80.1%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 2,060
Male:

1,055
Female:

1,005
Living with relatives
Total: 100
Here:

4.9%
Yukon Territory:

4.4%
Male: 35
Here:

3.3%
Yukon Territory:

2.9%
Female: 60
This city:

6.0%
Yukon Territory:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 50
This city:

2.4%
Territory:

2.6%
Male: 25
This city:

2.4%
Territory:

2.2%
Female: 25
This city:

2.5%
Yukon Territory:

2.5%
Living alone
Total: 720
This city:

35.0%
Yukon Territory:

35.0%
Male: 295
Here:

28.0%
Yukon Territory:

30.4%
Female: 425
This city:

42.3%
Territory:

40.2%
Living with census family
Total: 1,185
Here:

57.5%
Yukon Territory:

58.2%
Male: 695
Here:

65.9%
Yukon Territory:

64.2%
Female: 490
This city:

48.8%
Yukon Territory:

51.1%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 2,435
Here:

23.1%
State:

23.7%
One-family households with children: 2,605
Here:

24.8%
State:

23.1%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,110
Here:

10.5%
State:

10.5%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 190
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.6%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 220
Here:

2.1%
State:

1.8%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 190
Here:

1.8%
State:

1.7%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 205
Here:

1.9%
State:

1.8%
One-person households: 3,000
Here:

28.5%
State:

30.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 570
Here:

5.4%
State:

5.0%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.4
State:

2.4
1 person: 3,005
Here:

28.6%
State:

30.7%
2 persons: 3,495
Here:

33.2%
State:

33.7%
3 persons: 1,735
Here:

16.5%
State:

15.5%
4 persons: 1,490
Here:

14.2%
State:

13.0%
5 persons: 540
Here:

5.1%
State:

4.8%
6 or more persons: 260
Here:

2.5%
State:

2.4%

Households sizes in this city


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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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