Page "Berkeley, California" Paragraph 58

There were 46, 029 households, out of which 8, 467 ( 18. 4 %) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13, 569 ( 29. 5 %) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3, 855 ( 8. 4 %) had a female householder with no husband present, 1, 368 ( 3. 0 %) had a male householder with no wife present.

There were 2, 931 ( 6. 4 %) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 961 ( 2. 1 %) same-sex married couples or partnerships.

16, 904 households ( 36. 7 %) were made up of individuals and 4, 578 ( 9. 9 %) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The average household size was 2. 17.

There were 18, 792 families ( 40. 8 % of all households ); the average family size was 2. 81.

There were 49, 454 housing units at an average density of 2, 794. 6 per square mile ( 1, 079. 0 / km² ), of which 18, 846 ( 40. 9 %) were owner-occupied, and 27, 183 ( 59. 1 %) were occupied by renters.

The homeowner vacancy rate was 1. 0 %; the rental vacancy rate was 4. 5 %.

45, 096 people ( 40. 1 % of the population ) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 54, 635 people ( 48. 5 %) lived in rental housing units.