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Selected trend data for Sept-Îles (CA) , 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses

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Selected trend data for Sept-Îles (CA) , 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses
Subtopic	Census year
Subtopic	1996	2001	2006
Population
Total population count¹	28,621	27,623	27,827
Age and sex
% of the population aged 0 to 14 years	20.5	19.7	19.1
% of the population aged 15 to 64 years	72.7	71.0	69.0
% of the population aged 65 years and over	6.9	9.4	11.9
Median age²	34.1	37.2	39.5
Ratio of age groups 0 to 14 years to 65 years and over³	3.0	2.1	1.6
Marital status
% of the population aged 15 years and over who are single (never legally married)⁴	29.4	28.5	28.8
% of the population aged 15 years and over living in a couple (married or common-law)	59.3	59.7	58.8
Families and households
% of couples (married and common-law) with children (of any age)⁵	62.7	55.2	50.7
% of couples (married and common-law) with at least one child under 25 years of age	58.5	51.1	47.3
Total private households⁶	10,985	11,115	11,715
% of one-person households	22.5	25.3	28.8
% of households containing a couple with children⁷	35.6	29.9	26.1
% of households containing a couple without children⁸	24.9	27.9	29.1
Average household size	2.6	2.5	2.3
Median household income⁹	52,774	49,920	49,947
Median economic family income¹⁰	62,264	60,012	63,597
% of economic families receiving government transfers¹¹	93.7	84.3	87.1
% of economic family income from government transfers¹²	14.1	11.9	13.4
Median economic family government transfers¹³	5,752	4,714	7,055
Median income for persons 15 years and over not in economic families¹⁴	20,835	22,366	25,260
% of persons not in economic families in low income before tax¹⁵	38.5	37.2	27.8
% of economic families in low income before tax¹⁶	13.9	11.6	7.7
Housing and shelter costs
Total occupied private dwellings occupied by usual residents¹⁷	10,985	11,115	11,715
% of occupied private dwellings owned¹⁸	59.1	61.6	64.8
% of occupied private dwellings rented¹⁹	37.8	34.5	33.6
% of occupied private dwellings that are band housing²⁰	3.0	3.9	1.5
% of occupied private dwellings requiring major repair²¹	12.2	10.9	10.9
% of occupied private dwellings constructed in the last 10 years²²	12.0	11.7	6.3
% of occupied private dwellings with more than one person per room²³	0.9	1.0	0.9
Language
% of population whose mother tongue is English only²⁴	3.2	3.2	2.8
% of population whose mother tongue is French only²⁵	88.9	87.5	86.4
% of the population whose mother tongue is a non-official language only²⁶	7.0	8.2	10.0
% of the population who speak English and/or French most often at home²⁷	93.9	93.3	92.6
% of the population who only speak a non-official language most often at home²⁸	6.0	6.7	7.3
% of the population with knowledge of an official language²⁹	99.5	99.9	99.5
% of the population with knowledge of both official languages³⁰	24.7	25.3	25.5
Mobility and migration
% who lived at same address 5 years ago³¹	58.0	62.9	65.1
% who moved within the same census subdivision (CSD)	28.8	26.9	24.5
% who moved within the province from a different census subdivision (CSD)	12.4	9.5	9.9
% who moved from a different province/territory	0.7	0.4	0.3
% who lived outside Canada	0.2	0.2	0.2
Immigration and citizenship
% immigrants³²	1.4	1.1	1.5
% recent immigrants (arrived in last 5 years)³³	0.1	0.0	0.2
% Canadian citizens	99.7	99.7	99.6
Visible minorities
% visible minorities³⁴	0.5	0.5	0.6
Aboriginal peoples
% reporting Aboriginal identity³⁵	8.9	10.3	13.9
Labour
Employment rate³⁶	55.3	56.2	59.7
Employment rate for males³⁷	61.1	62.1	62.6
Employment rate for females³⁸	49.4	50.4	56.7
Participation rate³⁹	65.9	64.6	65.1
Participation rate for males⁴⁰	74.3	72.1	69.1
Participation rate for females⁴¹	57.4	57.2	61.1
Unemployment rate⁴²	16.1	12.9	8.3
Unemployment rate for males⁴³	17.8	14.0	9.3
Unemployment rate for females⁴⁴	13.9	11.6	7.3
% male full-year, full-time workers⁴⁵	36.8	40.6	42.3
% female full-year, full-time workers⁴⁶	23.3	26.2	31.5
Unpaid work
% of males reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work⁴⁷	85.2	87.4	88.7
% of females reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work⁴⁸	92.6	94.0	93.9
Place of work and commuting to work
% working at home⁴⁹	3.4	3.6	4.4
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as driver⁵⁰	79.1	79.7	77.7
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as passenger	8.4	7.1	8.6
Travel to work: % using public transit	0.6	0.5	0.3
Travel to work: % walking or biking	10.5	11.4	11.5
Income and earnings
Median total income for males⁵¹	36,058	35,031	34,480
Median total income for females⁵²	15,901	16,802	19,069
Median earnings for males working full year, full time⁵³	54,911	53,909	52,318
Median earnings for females working full year, full time⁵⁴	32,216	33,580	32,028
% of persons in low income before tax⁵⁵	15.9	14.5	10.6