Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Wetaskiwin, (CA) - Alberta
Data quality- In 2016, 15.5% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 55.8% lived in a couple and 7.1% lived as a lone parent.
- 79.7% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.4% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 23.1% compared to 20.7% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 20 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 53.5% were families without children and 46.4% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Wetaskiwin, 2001 to 2016
Household type | 2001 (%) | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 61.1 | 60.3 | 57.7 | 57.9 |
A couple census family without children | 26.3 | 28.1 | 27.0 | 26.0 |
A couple census family with children | 25.5 | 23.1 | 21.5 | 22.0 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 10.0 |
Multigenerational households | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Other census-family households | 3.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
One-person households | 30.4 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 29.8 |
Marital status, Wetaskiwin, 2016
In Wetaskiwin, 55.1% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (44.2%) or living with a common-law partner (10.9%).
The remaining 44.9% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.
Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.
Figure 1.4 description #linktitletext# 1.4 Marital status, Wetaskiwin, 2016
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Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.
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