Wood Buffalo - Regional municipality, Alberta, Canada - Families and households characteristics



Families characteristics

Number of census families: 17,735
2 persons: 8,220
Here:

46.3%
State:

48.5%
3 persons: 4,320
Here:

24.4%
State:

21.4%
4 persons: 3,785
Here:

21.3%
State:

20.4%
5 or more persons: 1,410
Here:

8.0%
State:

9.7%

Wood Buffalo Family Size

Married couples: 11,755
Here:

74.6%
State:

84.1%
Common-law couples: 4,010
Here:

25.4%
State:

15.9%
Female lone parent: 1,285
Here:

65.2%
State:

76.7%
Male lone parent: 680
Here:

34.5%
State:

23.3%

Family types in Wood Buffalo

Children in Families

Total children in families: 18,585
Average number of children at home
Here:

1.0
State:

1.1
Under six years of age: 5,845
Here:

31.5%
State:

25.9%
6 to 14 years: 6,295
Here:

33.9%
State:

35.2%
15 to 17 years: 2,060
Here:

11.1%
State:

12.2%
18 to 24 years: 3,245
Here:

17.5%
State:

18.4%
25 years and over: 1,135
Here:

6.1%
State:

8.2%

Age of children in families in Wood Buffalo

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:

3.0

Persons in private households

Number of persons in private households: 65,200
Male:

35,520
Female:

29,685
Living with relatives
Total: 2,165
Here:

3.3%
Province:

2.4%
Male: 1,370
Here:

3.9%
Province:

2.4%
Female: 795
Here:

2.7%
Province:

2.5%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 6,950
Here:

10.7%
Alberta:

5.3%
Male: 4,660
Here:

13.1%
Province:

6.3%
Female: 2,290
This municipality:

7.7%
Province:

4.2%
Living alone
Total: 4,010
Here:

6.2%
Alberta:

9.6%
Male: 2,805
Here:

7.9%
Alberta:

9.4%
Female: 1,205
Here:

4.1%
Province:

9.8%
Living with census family
Total: 52,085
This municipality:

79.9%
Province:

82.7%
Male: 26,685
This municipality:

75.1%
Alberta:

81.9%
Female: 25,395
This municipality:

85.5%
Alberta:

83.6%

Persons in private households

Persons over 65 years in private households


Number of persons over 65 years in private households: 1,135
Male:

585
Female:

550
Living with relatives
Total: 140
Here:

12.3%
Alberta:

4.3%
Male: 35
Here:

6.0%
Province:

2.3%
Female: 105
Here:

19.1%
Alberta:

6.2%
Living with non-relatives only
Total: 55
Here:

4.8%
Alberta:

2.0%
Male: 30
Here:

5.1%
Province:

2.1%
Female: 20
Here:

3.6%
Alberta:

1.9%
Living alone
Total: 185
Here:

16.3%
Alberta:

25.0%
Male: 70
Here:

12.0%
Province:

15.8%
Female: 115
Here:

20.9%
Alberta:

33.0%
Living with census family
Total: 755
This municipality:

66.5%
Province:

68.7%
Male: 450
This municipality:

76.9%
Alberta:

79.8%
Female: 310
Here:

56.4%
Alberta:

58.9%

Persons over 65 years in private households

Households types

One-family households without children: 5,155
Here:

22.3%
State:

25.5%
One-family households with children: 7,325
Here:

31.7%
State:

29.5%
Lone-parent-family households: 1,180
Here:

5.1%
State:

7.7%
One-family households without children with persons not in a family: 985
Here:

4.3%
State:

1.5%
One-family households with children with persons not in a family: 980
Here:

4.2%
State:

2.1%
Lone-parent-family households with persons not in a family: 460
Here:

2.0%
State:

1.6%
Two-or-more-family household with persons not in a family: 800
Here:

3.5%
State:

2.0%
One-person households: 4,005
Here:

17.4%
State:

24.7%
Two-or-more-person households: 2,175
Here:

9.4%
State:

5.6%

Households size

Average number of persons in private households
Here:

2.8
State:

2.6
1 person: 4,010
Here:

17.4%
State:

24.7%
2 persons: 7,245
Here:

31.4%
State:

34.3%
3 persons: 4,825
Here:

20.9%
State:

16.2%
4 persons: 4,345
Here:

18.8%
State:

15.2%
5 persons: 1,655
Here:

7.2%
State:

6.1%
6 or more persons: 1,000
Here:

4.3%
State:

3.5%

Households sizes in this municipality


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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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