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Census Profile

Bridgetown, Nova Scotia (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 949
Population in 20061 972
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -2.4
Total private dwellings2 487
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 448
Population density per square kilometre 267.8
Land area (square km) 3.54
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 945
0 to 4 years 20
5 to 9 years 30
10 to 14 years 60
15 to 19 years 75
15 years 15
16 years 10
17 years 20
18 years 15
19 years 15
20 to 24 years 50
25 to 29 years 25
30 to 34 years 25
35 to 39 years 30
40 to 44 years 65
45 to 49 years 70
50 to 54 years 85
55 to 59 years 70
60 to 64 years 90
65 to 69 years 65
70 to 74 years 60
75 to 79 years 45
80 to 84 years 35
85 years and over 40
Median age of the population5 50.7
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 835
Married or living with a common-law partner 465
Married (and not separated) 410
Living common law 55
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 365
Single (never legally married) 180
Separated 35
Divorced 65
Widowed 90
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 270
Size of census family: 2 persons 160
Size of census family: 3 persons 55
Size of census family: 4 persons 35
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 25
Total number of census families in private households8 270
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 230
Married couples 200
Without children at home 115
With children at home 85
1 child 35
2 children 30
3 or more children 20
Common-law couples 30
Without children at home 20
With children at home 10
1 child 5
2 children 5
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 40
Female parent 35
1 child 25
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Male parent 5
1 child 5
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 240
Under six years of age 30
6 to 14 years 85
15 to 17 years 45
18 to 24 years 55
25 years and over 20
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 935
Number of persons not in census families 200
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 180
Number of census family persons 735
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 235
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 95
Living with relatives9 0
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 90
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 140
Total number of private households by household type10 445
Census-family households 265
One-family-only households11 255
Couple-family households12 215
Without children 130
With children 85
Lone-parent-family households 35
Other family households13 10
One-family households with persons not in a census family 5
Couple-family households14 5
Without children 5
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 0
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 180
One-person households 175
Two-or-more-person households 5
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 450
Single-detached house 305
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 145
Semi-detached house 20
Row house 55
Apartment, duplex 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 60
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 445
1 person 180
2 persons 160
3 persons 55
4 persons 30
5 persons 15
6 or more persons 10
Number of persons in private households 935
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 940
  Single responses  935
    English  915
    French  10
    Non-official languages  10
      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 10
        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  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        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  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  0
        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  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          5
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 940
  English only 865
  French only 0
  English and French 75
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 940
  English 935
  French 5
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 5
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 940
  Single responses 935
    English 935
    French 0
    Non-official languages 0
      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 0
        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 5
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        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 0
        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 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         5
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 0
    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 945
  None 930
  Single responses  10
    English  0
    French  5
    Non-official languages  5
      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 5
        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  0
        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  0
        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  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          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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