Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Penticton, City (CSD) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 20.2% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 55.2% lived in a couple and 5.8% lived as a lone parent.
- 81.6% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 18.4% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 27.2% compared to 25.3% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 50 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 65.6% were families without children and 34.4% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Penticton, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 56.7 | 53.9 | 53.4 |
A couple census family without children | 29.5 | 29.5 | 30.3 |
A couple census family with children | 18.6 | 15.9 | 15.1 |
A lone-parent census family | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 |
Multigenerational households | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
Other census-family households | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
One-person households | 35.1 | 36.4 | 36.7 |
Marital status, Penticton, 2016
In Penticton, 54.5% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (44.8%) or living with a common-law partner (9.7%).
The remaining 45.5% 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, Penticton, 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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