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Number of households by type of household

Typ of household1991199519992000200520062007200820092010201120122013Margin
of
error
(±)
All individuals
 8 494 8 584 8 686 8 751 8 882 8 905 8 940 8 978 9 029 9 135 9 218 9 335 9 393 62
All households
 4 141 4 244 4 349 4 363 4 441 4 465 4 477 4 555 4 628 4 660 4 656 4 725 4 766 35
Average number of
persons per household
 2.05 2.02 2.00 2.01 2.00 1.99 2.00 1.97 1.95 1.96 1.98 1.98 1.97  
Women living alone
 960 996 1 052 1 073 1 033 1 076 1 041 1 095 1 107 1 127 1 137 1 168 1 182 44
18–24
 112 120 119 127 113 115 116 138 147 136 132 129 135 16
25–34
 100 110 141 155 140 123 138 142 151 161 161 152 173 18
35–49
 100 117 113 109 95 122 117 116 114 122 131 147 130 16
50–64
 165 179 191 196 235 236 215 231 216 234 225 225 226 21
65–74
 200 178 158 158 149 154 158 154 161 182 190 205 206 20
75–
 283 292 331 329 302 326 297 313 317 292 299 310 312 24
Men living alone
 867 929 1 005 956 1 024 1 001 1 039 1 096 1 141 1 137 1 107 1 130 1 135 44
18–24
 137 140 117 119 126 132 140 142 160 132 120 140 125 16
25–34
 228 240 261 235 240 213 233 236 234 255 250 270 254 22
35–49
 206 202 238 238 248 238 245 277 267 244 245 238 234 21
50–64
 129 169 201 182 222 213 225 245 258 260 266 246 254 22
65–74
 82 94 84 77 92 92 95 95 112 132 118 130 159 18
75–
 86 84 105 105 95 112 102 100 109 114 109 106 109 15
Cohabiting
without children
 1 023 1 022 988 1 015 1 038 1 038 1 047 1 026 1 030 1 012 1 008 989 1 003 27
18–24
 41 43 32 37 35 33 32 37 29 28 30 24 22 5
25–34
 104 100 100 102 105 112 101 103 88 80 88 80 78 9
35–49
 107 117 82 83 79 73 75 83 71 72 76 71 70 8
50–64
 332 374 399 414 414 423 424 377 403 386 347 331 340 18
65–74
 276 236 217 215 225 233 239 256 266 284 282 294 303 17
75–
 163 153 158 164 179 163 177 169 174 162 185 187 190 13
Cohabiting
with children
 926 895 884 889 888 902 900 906 887 897 924 923 899 25
1 child
 342 326 303 324 316 320 318 323 330 336 338 326 305 16
2 children
 394 388 391 390 395 420 414 418 403 411 427 434 435 19
3 or more children
 190 181 190 174 176 162 168 165 154 150 160 163 159 12
Single women
with children
 180 200 205 224 233 220 220 204 222 229 213 223 227 11
1 child
 110 111 109 116 123 119 125 113 120 127 124 126 131 9
2 or more children
 70 89 96 108 110 101 95 91 103 102 88 97 96 7
Single men
with children
 35 37 45 46 61 76 61 56 66 67 71 70 72 7
1 child
 24 25 30 30 42 53 37 38 46 44 44 47 46 6
2 or more children
 11 12 15 16 19 23 24 18 20 24 27 22 26 4
Other single parent
households
 86 95 94 96 91 82 95 94 96 109 113 124 129 9
Other cohabiting
households
 65 71 76 64 74 70 73 79 79 82 84 99 118 10

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Source
SCB

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