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Census Profile

Middleton, Nova Scotia (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,749
Population in 20061 1,829
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -4.4
Total private dwellings2 935
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 846
Population density per square kilometre 321.6
Land area (square km) 5.44
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,750
0 to 4 years 65
5 to 9 years 75
10 to 14 years 85
15 to 19 years 110
15 years 15
16 years 20
17 years 30
18 years 20
19 years 25
20 to 24 years 90
25 to 29 years 80
30 to 34 years 50
35 to 39 years 75
40 to 44 years 110
45 to 49 years 120
50 to 54 years 120
55 to 59 years 120
60 to 64 years 120
65 to 69 years 110
70 to 74 years 95
75 to 79 years 95
80 to 84 years 95
85 years and over 130
Median age of the population5 50.7
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,525
Married or living with a common-law partner 785
Married (and not separated) 650
Living common law 135
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 740
Single (never legally married) 355
Separated 60
Divorced 125
Widowed 205
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 480
Size of census family: 2 persons 295
Size of census family: 3 persons 100
Size of census family: 4 persons 65
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 20
Total number of census families in private households8 480
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 380
Married couples 310
Without children at home 205
With children at home 110
1 child 50
2 children 45
3 or more children 15
Common-law couples 70
Without children at home 35
With children at home 30
1 child 15
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 100
Female parent 85
1 child 45
2 children 30
3 or more children 5
Male parent 20
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 390
Under six years of age 85
6 to 14 years 140
15 to 17 years 60
18 to 24 years 75
25 years and over 35
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,670
Number of persons not in census families 425
Living with relatives9 25
Living with non-relatives only 55
Living alone 340
Number of census family persons 1,250
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 455
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 200
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 180
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 255
Total number of private households by household type10 845
Census-family households 480
One-family-only households11 460
Couple-family households12 365
Without children 230
With children 135
Lone-parent-family households 95
Other family households13 20
One-family households with persons not in a census family 20
Couple-family households14 15
Without children 10
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 0
Non-census-family households 370
One-person households 340
Two-or-more-person households 30
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 850
Single-detached house 470
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 380
Semi-detached house 40
Row house 120
Apartment, duplex 15
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 200
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 845
1 person 340
2 persons 310
3 persons 100
4 persons 65
5 persons 20
6 or more persons 5
Number of persons in private households 1,670
Average number of persons in private households 2.0
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,675
  Single responses  1,670
    English  1,615
    French  25
    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 35
        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.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        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 1,675
  English only 1,565
  French only 0
  English and French 110
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,675
  English 1,655
  French 20
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 20
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,680
  Single responses 1,675
    English 1,665
    French 10
    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 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         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 1,675
  None 1,650
  Single responses  25
    English  5
    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  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  5
        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  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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