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Homeownership by age group, income quintile, and family type

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Homeownership by age group, income quintile, and family type: Part 1
  Age 20 to 34 Age 35 to 54
Distribution by family type 1 Ownership rate 1 Distribution by family type 1 Ownership rate 1
1971 2006 1971 2006 1971 2006 1971 2006
  percent
Income quintile  
Bottom  
Family type  
Couple with children 60.3 20.7 42.3 37.4 65.1 35.8 71.6 63.3
Couple no children 8.3 10.2 18.9 19.4 6.6 8.1 62.6 57.0
Female lone parent 13.7 22.3 16.1 14.4 14.5 21.0 40.7 35.3
Male lone parent 1.7 1.0 29.1 24.6 2.0 3.3 51.4 45.3
Non-family individual 16.1 45.8 9.1 13.6 11.8 31.8 41.6 30.2
Income quintile  
Second  
Family type  
Couple with children 74.7 38.1 43.4 58.9 78.6 50.8 72.4 81.5
Couple no children 9.5 16.5 17.7 26.8 6.6 10.5 63.6 68.8
Female lone parent 2.7 9.0 19.5 33.4 6.1 14.6 48.3 58.9
Male lone parent 1.2 1.3 30.9 43.6 1.8 3.8 53.4 60.2
Non-family individual 11.7 35.2 7.4 20.3 6.9 20.4 34.5 42.4
Income quintile  
Third  
Family type  
Couple with children 69.3 39.0 51.0 77.2 76.7 56.5 77.7 90.4
Couple no children 14.7 22.3 17.2 41.0 10.1 13.5 65.2 77.2
Female lone parent 1.2 2.5 19.5 53.1 4.0 7.6 51.4 73.2
Male lone parent 1.0 0.7 36.0 61.0 1.7 3.0 57.0 72.2
Non-family individual 13.9 35.5 7.1 31.0 7.6 19.3 32.1 52.8
Income quintile  
Fourth  
Family type  
Couple with children 52.9 34.8 56.3 88.2 68.2 55.7 81.8 94.8
Couple no children 28.0 32.1 20.1 59.2 17.0 18.5 68.6 84.2
Female lone parent 0.5 0.9 29.9 67.1 2.8 4.3 55.3 82.9
Male lone parent 0.7 0.4 38.8 61.8 1.6 2.3 60.1 78.3
Non-family individual 17.9 31.8 82.5 44.6 10.3 19.2 31.3 62.8
Income quintile  
Top  
Family type  
Couple with children 30.1 23.6 65.4 93.6 53.5 48.3 86.7 97.1
Couple no children 49.7 47.2 31.4 78.5 28.7 28.6 71.6 91.4
Female lone parent 0.2 0.3 36.6 73.8 1.7 1.7 63.1 87.9
Male lone parent 0.4 0.2 48.6 78.2 1.4 1.5 64.9 84.2
Non-family individual 19.6 28.7 12.5 60.4 14.7 19.9 32.4 72.5
Income quintile  
Bottom  
Family type  
Couple with children 23.6 12.3 82.2 75.1 5.7 4.4 80.8 75.4
Couple no children 28.6 26.1 78.2 77.6 28.8 26.7 79.2 75.3
Female lone parent 8.1 5.9 58.8 48.0 3.5 4.1 65.0 57.5
Male lone parent 1.6 1.8 67.8 50.3 1.0 0.9 75.3 54.2
Non-family individual 38.1 53.9 54.4 39.8 61.0 63.9 53.5 41.9
Income quintile  
Second  
Family type  
Couple with children 32.1 19.8 79.9 84.8 5.5 6.6 83.0 83.7
Couple no children 37.6 41.2 74.5 85.5 55.9 52.7 77.4 84.1
Female lone parent 7.3 5.9 60.4 63.6 0.4 3.7 67.4 68.6
Male lone parent 1.7 1.9 64.7 66.0 1.0 0.9 67.8 71.0
Non-family individual 21.4 31.3 52.1 56.3 34.0 36.2 56.9 60.4
Income quintile  
Third  
Family type  
Couple with children 28.7 23.7 81.5 91.1 7.4 9.2 83.3 87.9
Couple no children 46.8 44.4 74.4 88.9 55.1 54.4 78.3 88.8
Female lone parent 5.7 4.9 62.6 75.7 0.5 4.2 64.3 73.7
Male lone parent 1.6 1.8 66.4 72.5 1.3 1.0 73.9 73.0
Non-family individual 17.2 25.3 46.7 64.4 31.6 31.2 56.3 68.4
Income quintile  
Fourth  
Family type  
Couple with children 23.7 27.8 83.6 94.7 7.1 11.8 81.4 92.4
Couple no children 53.8 46.6 76.7 92.4 58.1 57.2 76.0 92.0
Female lone parent 4.6 4.1 62.6 84.5 0.7 4.5 67.2 83.3
Male lone parent 1.6 1.8 68.5 81.3 1.6 1.3 71.9 77.6
Non-family individual 16.4 19.7 47.7 71.9 26.4 25.2 54.6 75.5
Income quintile  
Top  
Family type  
Couple with children 17.7 27.6 87.6 97.7 5.3 13.3 86.6 96.2
Couple no children 61.7 52.8 78.9 95.4 60.4 59.9 77.6 95.3
Female lone parent 3.2 2.1 68.7 90.3 0.7 3.7 70.5 89.7
Male lone parent 1.5 1.4 74.1 86.3 2.1 1.3 78.9 87.1
Non-family individual 15.9 16.1 49.6 78.3 24.7 21.8 55.1 81.0
Homeownership by age group, income quintile, and family type: Part 2
  Age 75 and more
Distribution by family type 1 Ownership rate 1
1971 2006 1971 2006
  percent
Income quintile  
Bottom  
Family type  
Couple with children 1.4 1.7 82.1 76.5
Couple no children 12.4 12.1 78.0 68.8
Female lone parent 4.7 5.3 73.0 65.3
Male lone parent 1.6 0.9 82.6 74.2
Non-family individual 80.0 80.1 55.2 44.1
Income quintile  
Second  
Family type  
Couple with children 1.3 2.5 82.1 84.3
Couple no children 50.9 35.1 74.2 75.8
Female lone parent 3.6 4.6 71.0 72.7
Male lone parent 1.4 0.8 76.8 77.9
Non-family individual 42.8 57.0 54.3 54.3
Income quintile  
Third  
Family type  
Couple with children 2.0 4.4 81.4 87.5
Couple no children 50.5 40.9 76.3 82.0
Female lone parent 5.6 6.1 72.8 77.8
Male lone parent 2.0 1.4 82.0 77.4
Non-family individual 39.9 47.2 57.1 61.1
Income quintile  
Fourth  
Family type  
Couple with children 2.7 6.5 85.4 90.7
Couple no children 43.7 43.4 74.8 86.7
Female lone parent 11.7 8.1 68.7 81.4
Male lone parent 3.4 1.8 76.6 85.1
Non-family individual 38.5 40.2 56.7 67.8
Income quintile  
Top  
Family type  
Couple with children 1.6 6.7 90.5 95.4
Couple no children 40.6 46.4 75.4 90.7
Female lone parent 17.6 7.2 72.5 88.1
Male lone parent 5.4 2.2 79.5 91.1
Non-family individual 34.8 37.6 59.1 75.7
1.
Figures are rounded and therefore may not total 100% exactly.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 1971 and 2006.
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