Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Victoria, (CMA) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 17.5% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 56.1% lived in a couple and 4.8% lived as a lone parent.
- 80.0% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.0% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 23.6% compared to 23.2% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 1,250 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 58.2% were families without children and 41.8% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Victoria, 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 | 57.1 | 57.0 | 54.7 | 54.7 |
A couple census family without children | 26.8 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 28.0 |
A couple census family with children | 22.1 | 21.6 | 19.7 | 19.4 |
A lone-parent census family | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 |
Multigenerational households | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Other census-family households | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
One-person households | 32.3 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 33.3 |
Marital status, Victoria, 2016
In Victoria, 55.9% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (45.0%) or living with a common-law partner (10.9%).
The remaining 44.1% 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, Victoria, 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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