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Figure 1.5.1: Family characteristics (Age 15+)

Number and percent of population age 15+, Middlesex-London and Ontario, 2016

Figure 1.5.1: Family characteristics (Age 15+)
Source: 
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, 100% sample
Note: 
Couples include every married or common-law couple living together in a private household. In order for any person to have children in their census family, the person's child or children must be living in the same household and must not be living in a couple or with their own children. Living with other relatives included foster children 15+.

Over three quarters (77.0%) of residents aged 15 and older in Middlesex-London lived with family as defined on the 2016 Census, compared with 80.7% in Ontario overall.

Couples with at least one child at home comprised just over a quarter (28.1%) of residents aged 15 and older in Middlesex-London.  Another quarter (27.1%) were couples without children.

The percent of residents aged 15 and older that were children living in a family (15.8%) was slightly lower in Middlesex-London compared with Ontario overall (18.0%).

Residents that do not live with their immediate family, including people that live alone, was a slightly higher percent of those aged 15 and older in Middlesex-London (23.0%) than in Ontario overall (19.3%).

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