Text table 4
Homeownership by age group, income quintile, and family type
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| 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 |
| 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 |
Figures are rounded and therefore may not total 100% exactly.
Source(s):
Census of Population, 1971 and 2006.
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