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Census Profile

Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 24,848
Population in 20061 21,966
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 13.1
Total private dwellings2 9,527
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 9,139
Population density per square kilometre 419.2
Land area (square km) 59.27
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 24,850
0 to 4 years 1,530
5 to 9 years 1,485
10 to 14 years 1,555
15 to 19 years 1,485
15 years 285
16 years 320
17 years 300
18 years 290
19 years 290
20 to 24 years 1,295
25 to 29 years 1,445
30 to 34 years 1,705
35 to 39 years 1,985
40 to 44 years 2,065
45 to 49 years 2,140
50 to 54 years 1,920
55 to 59 years 1,775
60 to 64 years 1,620
65 to 69 years 1,160
70 to 74 years 730
75 to 79 years 470
80 to 84 years 245
85 years and over 235
Median age of the population5 39.8
% of the population aged 15 and over 81.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 20,280
Married or living with a common-law partner 13,240
Married (and not separated) 11,245
Living common law 1,995
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 7,040
Single (never legally married) 4,735
Separated 475
Divorced 900
Widowed 925
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 7,690
Size of census family: 2 persons 3,595
Size of census family: 3 persons 1,955
Size of census family: 4 persons 1,750
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 385
Total number of census families in private households8 7,690
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 6,575
Married couples 5,580
Without children at home 2,375
With children at home 3,200
1 child 1,375
2 children 1,500
3 or more children 335
Common-law couples 995
Without children at home 545
With children at home 450
1 child 235
2 children 165
3 or more children 45
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 1,110
Female parent 870
1 child 530
2 children 265
3 or more children 75
Male parent 240
1 child 145
2 children 75
3 or more children 20
Total children in census families in private households 7,815
Under six years of age 1,825
6 to 14 years 2,715
15 to 17 years 885
18 to 24 years 1,500
25 years and over 885
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 24,475
Number of persons not in census families 2,395
Living with relatives9 495
Living with non-relatives only 455
Living alone 1,450
Number of census family persons 22,075
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 2,645
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 695
Living with relatives9 205
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 455
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,950
Total number of private households by household type10 9,140
Census-family households 7,490
One-family-only households11 6,845
Couple-family households12 5,990
Without children 2,635
With children 3,360
Lone-parent-family households 855
Other family households13 650
One-family households with persons not in a census family 455
Couple-family households14 315
Without children 120
With children 195
Lone-parent-family households 140
Two-or-more-family households 195
Non-census-family households 1,645
One-person households 1,445
Two-or-more-person households 200
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 9,140
Single-detached house 7,245
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 5
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 1,895
Semi-detached house 140
Row house 50
Apartment, duplex 1,515
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 165
Other single-attached house 20
Total number of private households by household size18 9,135
1 person 1,450
2 persons 3,295
3 persons 1,970
4 persons 1,810
5 persons 440
6 or more persons 175
Number of persons in private households 24,475
Average number of persons in private households 2.7
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 24,595
  Single responses  24,575
    English  24,380
    French  90
    Non-official languages  100
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 95
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  5
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  0
        German  20
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  5
        Polish  0
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          25
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 24,595
  English only 23,075
  French only 0
  English and French 1,515
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 24,600
  English 24,525
  French 65
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 70
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 24,595
  Single responses 24,565
    English 24,505
    French 30
    Non-official languages 30
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 30
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 0
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 0
        Chinese, n.o.s. 0
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 5
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 0
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 0
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 0
        Portuguese 0
        Romanian 0
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 0
        Serbo-Croatian 0
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 10
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 0
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 0
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         30
    English and French 10
    English and non-official language 20
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 24,600
  None 24,335
  Single responses  260
    English  10
    French  185
    Non-official languages  60
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 55
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  0
        German  5
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  5
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  10
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          5
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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