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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Whitehorse, 29.7% of people aged 25 to 34 years were in couples with children households.
The City of Whitehorse'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 Whitehorse'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 | |||||||
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| City of Whitehorse - 25 to 34 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | Number | % | City of Whitehorse - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 6,857 | 29.7 | 51.0 | 7,968 | 35.5 | 51.8 | -1,111 |
| Couples without children | 7,705 | 33.3 | 20.1 | 6,973 | 31.1 | 19.3 | +732 |
| One parent families | 1,601 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 1,530 | 6.8 | 9.9 | +71 |
| Other families | 681 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 632 | 2.8 | 1.4 | +49 |
| Group household | 3,372 | 14.6 | 4.9 | 3,014 | 13.4 | 5.5 | +358 |
| Lone person | 2,100 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 1,540 | 6.9 | 9.3 | +560 |
| Visitor only / Other non classifiable households | 793 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 768 | 3.4 | 2.8 | +25 |
| Total people in private dwellings | 23,109 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 22,425 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +684 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the household/family types of people aged 25 to 34 years in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Whitehorse, shows that there was a lower proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion in one-parent families. Overall, 29.7% of people aged 25 to 34 years were in couple families with child(ren), and 6.9% were in one-parent families, compared with 51.0% and 10.1% respectively for the total population in the City of Whitehorse.
There was a lower proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in lone person households and a higher proportion in couples without children. Overall, the proportion of people aged 25 to 34 years in lone person households was 9.1% compared to 10.1% in the total population in the City of Whitehorse while the proportion of couples without children was 33.3% compared to 20.1% in the total population in the City of Whitehorse.
Emerging groups
The number of people aged 25 to 34 years in households in City of Whitehorse increased by 684 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types for people aged 25 to 34 years in the City of Whitehorse between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Couples with children (-1,111 persons)
- Couples without children (+732 persons)
- Lone person (+560 persons)
- Group household (+358 persons)
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