Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Gaspé, Ville (CSD) - Quebec
Data quality- In 2016, 15.7% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 60.6% lived in a couple and 5.1% lived as a lone parent.
- 55.9% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 44.2% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 31.9% compared to 32.0% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 25 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 56.2% were families without children and 43.8% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Gaspé, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 67.5 | 65.1 | 63.0 |
A couple census family without children | 27.6 | 29.5 | 30.5 |
A couple census family with children | 30.0 | 26.2 | 24.0 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.9 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
Multigenerational households | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
Other census-family households | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
One-person households | 24.0 | 26.9 | 29.9 |
Marital status, Gaspé, 2016
In Gaspé, 59.6% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (33.6%) or living with a common-law partner (26.0%).
The remaining 40.4% 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, Gaspé, 2016 census
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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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