Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Sunshine Coast, Regional district (CD) - British Columbia
Data quality- In 2016, 17.9% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 61.0% lived in a couple and 4.7% lived as a lone parent.
- 79.2% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 20.8% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 34.7% compared to 35.6% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 140 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 68.1% were families without children and 31.9% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Sunshine Coast, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 63.5 | 61.1 | 58.4 |
A couple census family without children | 34.5 | 35.2 | 35.7 |
A couple census family with children | 22.2 | 18.6 | 16.2 |
A lone-parent census family | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.6 |
Multigenerational households | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Other census-family households | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
One-person households | 30.0 | 30.0 | 33.0 |
Marital status, Sunshine Coast, 2016
In Sunshine Coast, 61% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (48.6%) or living with a common-law partner (12.4%).
The remaining 38.9% 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, Sunshine Coast, 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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