Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Nanaimo, City (CSD) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 16.2% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 56.3% lived in a couple and 6.0% lived as a lone parent.
- 79.5% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.6% 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 23.7% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 240 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 60.3% were families without children and 39.7% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Nanaimo, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 60.1 | 58.0 | 56.7 |
A couple census family without children | 29.3 | 29.2 | 29.1 |
A couple census family with children | 21.8 | 19.7 | 18.6 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 |
Multigenerational households | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Other census-family households | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
One-person households | 29.0 | 30.2 | 30.8 |
Marital status, Nanaimo, 2016
In Nanaimo, 55.9% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (44.8%) or living with a common-law partner (11.1%).
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, Nanaimo, 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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