Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 36,000
2 persons: 17,005
Here:

47.2%
State:

48.5%
3 persons: 8,135
Here:

22.6%
State:

21.4%
4 persons: 7,205
Here:

20.0%
State:

20.4%
5 or more persons: 3,655
Here:

10.2%
State:

9.7%

This region Family Size

Married couples: 23,875
Here:

76.6%
State:

84.1%
Common-law couples: 7,275
Here:

23.4%
State:

15.9%
Female lone parent: 3,305
Here:

68.1%
State:

76.7%
Male lone parent: 1,545
Here:

31.9%
State:

23.3%

Family types in Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake

Children in Families

Total children in families: 39,935
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.1
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 11,840
Here:

29.6%
State:

25.9%
6 to 14 years: 14,385
Here:

36.0%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 4,805
Here:

12.0%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 6,400
Here:

16.0%
State:

18.4%
25 years and over: 2,515
Here:

6.3%
State:

8.2%

Age of children in families in Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake

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: 129,530
Male:

68,585
Female:

60,945
Living with relatives
Total: 3,950
This region:

3.0%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 2,365
Here:

3.4%
Alberta:

2.4%
Female: 1,585
This region:

2.6%
Alberta:

2.5%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 9,450
This region:

7.3%
Province:

5.3%
Male: 6,195
This region:

9.0%
Province:

6.3%
Female: 3,260
Here:

5.3%
Province:

4.2%
Living alone
Total: 9,040
This region:

7.0%
Alberta:

9.6%
Male: 5,665
This region:

8.3%
Alberta:

9.4%
Female: 3,375
This region:

5.5%
Alberta:

9.8%
Living with census family
Total: 107,085
Here:

82.7%
Alberta:

82.7%
Male: 54,365
Here:

79.3%
Province:

81.9%
Female: 52,725
Here:

86.5%
Province:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 7,705
Male:

3,865
Female:

3,840
Living with relatives
Total: 370
Here:

4.8%
Province:

4.3%
Male: 130
Here:

3.4%
Alberta:

2.3%
Female: 245
This region:

6.4%
Province:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 165
Here:

2.1%
Alberta:

2.0%
Male: 85
This region:

2.2%
Province:

2.1%
Female: 80
This region:

2.1%
Province:

1.9%
Living alone
Total: 1,815
This region:

23.6%
Province:

25.0%
Male: 670
This region:

17.3%
Province:

15.8%
Female: 1,145
Here:

29.8%
Alberta:

33.0%
Living with census family
Total: 5,355
Here:

69.5%
Province:

68.7%
Male: 2,980
Here:

77.1%
Alberta:

79.8%
Female: 2,370
Here:

61.7%
Alberta:

58.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 11,675
Here:

25.0%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 14,580
Here:

31.3%
State:

29.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 3,000
Here:

6.4%
State:

7.7%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 1,310
Here:

2.8%
State:

1.5%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 1,465
Here:

3.1%
State:

2.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 910
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.6%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 1,485
Here:

3.2%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 9,040
Here:

19.4%
State:

24.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 3,190
Here:

6.8%
State:

5.6%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.8
State:

2.6
1 person: 9,040
Here:

19.4%
State:

24.7%
2 persons: 15,465
Here:

33.2%
State:

34.3%
3 persons: 8,600
Here:

18.4%
State:

16.2%
4 persons: 7,875
Here:

16.9%
State:

15.2%
5 persons: 3,465
Here:

7.4%
State:

6.1%
6 or more persons: 2,195
Here:

4.7%
State:

3.5%

Households sizes in this region


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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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