Census Family Structure Including Stepfamily Status (9) and Number and Age Combinations of Children (29) for Census Families with Children in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 and 2011 Censuses - 100% Data

• Census year (2): 2016

This table details census family structure including stepfamily status and number and age combinations of children for census families with children in private households in West Perth, MU

Census family structure including stepfamily status (9)	Number and age combinations of children (29)
	Total - Census families with children	Families with children aged 25 and over only	Families with at least one child aged 0 to 24 years	1 child (aged 0 to 24 years)	0 to 5 years	6 to 14 years	15 to 17 years	18 to 24 years	2 children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	Both aged 0 to 5 years	Both aged 6 to 14 years	Both aged 15 to 17 years	Both aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 0 to 5 years and one aged 6 to 14 years	One aged 6 to 14 years and one aged 15 to 17 years	One aged 15 to 17 years and one aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 18 to 24 years and one aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	3 or more children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	All aged 0 to 5 years	All aged 6 to 14 years	All aged 15 to 17 years	All aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 0 to 5 years and some aged 6 to 14 years	Some aged 6 to 14 years and some aged 15 to 17 years	Some aged 15 to 17 years and some aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 18 to 24 years and some aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	Average number of children, all ages
Total - Census family structure^Footnote 1	1,415	175	1,240	350	115	70	40	130	480	90	100	15	60	65	55	45	25	20	410	30	50	0	10	115	65	30	15	95	2.0
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,165	120	1,045	265	95	50	25	100	415	85	90	15	55	60	45	35	25	15	370	30	45	0	5	100	60	30	15	85	2.1
Intact families	1,005	105	900	220	90	35	15	80	375	85	80	10	45	50	35	30	20	10	310	30	40	0	10	85	50	25	10	60	2.1
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	160	10	145	45	5	15	5	20	40	0	5	5	5	10	5	0	5	5	65	0	5	0	5	20	10	5	0	25	2.3
Simple stepfamilies	90	10	75	45	5	10	5	20	20	0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	10	0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.5
Complex stepfamilies	75	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	10	5	0	0	5	55	0	5	0	0	20	10	0	0	20	3.3
Lone-parent census families	250	55	195	90	20	20	15	35	65	5	15	5	5	10	10	5	5	5	40	0	5	0	0	15	5	0	0	5	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	60	15	50	30	5	5	5	10	15	0	5	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	190	40	145	65	20	20	10	20	50	5	5	5	5	10	10	5	5	0	30	0	5	0	0	15	10	0	0	5	1.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family structure.

Footnote 2

For more information about intact families and stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Stepfamily status of couple family with children.

Footnote 3

For more information about simple and complex stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Relationship structure of stepfamily.

Data quality note(s) – West Perth, MU

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 4.0%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016025.