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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Merri-bek, 89.7% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couples with children households.
The City of Merri-bek's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators.
People form different types of households at different stages in life, so this varies enormously by age group in all areas. This topic is useful, however, in comparing the types of households formed by each age group relative to the benchmark. For instance, in some areas, children may mostly live in couple families, while in others they are mainly in one-parent families. Are elderly parents still living with their extended family or do they have empty nester households?
To continue building the story, the City of Merri-bek's Household Types should be viewed in conjunction with Dwelling Type.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'
| Household type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Merri-bek - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | City of Merri-bek - Total population | Number | % | City of Merri-bek - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 8,643 | 89.7 | 42.8 | 8,853 | 87.3 | 43.4 | -210 |
| Couples without children | 18 | 0.2 | 21.5 | 69 | 0.7 | 20.4 | -51 |
| One parent families | 632 | 6.6 | 9.5 | 697 | 6.9 | 9.5 | -65 |
| Other families | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | -4 |
| Group household | 0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 5 | 0.0 | 8.9 | -5 |
| Lone person | 13 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 21 | 0.2 | 11.0 | -8 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 326 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 490 | 4.8 | 4.8 | -164 |
| Total people in private dwellings | 9,632 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 10,139 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -507 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Merri-bek in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Merri-bek, shows that there was a higher proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 89.7% of children aged 0 to 4 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 6.6% were in one-parent families, compared with 42.8% and 9.5% respectively for the total population in the City of Merri-bek.
There was a lower proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households and a lower proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in lone person households was 0.1% compared to 12.5% in the total population in the City of Merri-bek while the proportion of couples without children was 0.2% compared to 21.5% in the total population in the City of Merri-bek.
Emerging groups
The number of children aged 0 to 4 years in households in City of Merri-bek decreased by 507 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types for children aged 0 to 4 years in the City of Merri-bek between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (-210 persons)
- Visitor only / Other non classifiable households (-164 persons)
- One parent families (-65 persons)
- Couples without children (-51 persons)
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