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Census Profile

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 8,241
Population in 20061 7,944
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 3.7
Total private dwellings2 3,996
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,795
Population density per square kilometre 605.8
Land area (square km) 13.60
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 8,240
0 to 4 years 375
5 to 9 years 340
10 to 14 years 395
15 to 19 years 455
15 years 75
16 years 85
17 years 90
18 years 105
19 years 100
20 to 24 years 475
25 to 29 years 475
30 to 34 years 415
35 to 39 years 445
40 to 44 years 515
45 to 49 years 600
50 to 54 years 630
55 to 59 years 600
60 to 64 years 555
65 to 69 years 490
70 to 74 years 415
75 to 79 years 395
80 to 84 years 295
85 years and over 370
Median age of the population5 47.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 86.5
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 7,130
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,915
Married (and not separated) 3,170
Living common law 750
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,215
Single (never legally married) 1,685
Separated 255
Divorced 545
Widowed 725
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 2,350
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,445
Size of census family: 3 persons 475
Size of census family: 4 persons 330
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 95
Total number of census families in private households8 2,350
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,910
Married couples 1,535
Without children at home 925
With children at home 610
1 child 275
2 children 255
3 or more children 75
Common-law couples 375
Without children at home 220
With children at home 150
1 child 90
2 children 45
3 or more children 20
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 440
Female parent 380
1 child 255
2 children 100
3 or more children 30
Male parent 60
1 child 45
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 1,895
Under six years of age 445
6 to 14 years 660
15 to 17 years 230
18 to 24 years 365
25 years and over 195
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 7,940
Number of persons not in census families 1,790
Living with relatives9 105
Living with non-relatives only 380
Living alone 1,300
Number of census family persons 6,150
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,730
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 670
Living with relatives9 35
Living with non-relatives only 25
Living alone 610
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,060
Total number of private households by household type10 3,795
Census-family households 2,320
One-family-only households11 2,195
Couple-family households12 1,815
Without children 1,095
With children 720
Lone-parent-family households 380
Other family households13 120
One-family households with persons not in a census family 95
Couple-family households14 55
Without children 20
With children 30
Lone-parent-family households 40
Two-or-more-family households 30
Non-census-family households 1,470
One-person households 1,300
Two-or-more-person households 175
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 3,795
Single-detached house 2,215
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 5
Movable dwelling16 235
Other dwelling17 1,345
Semi-detached house 185
Row house 55
Apartment, duplex 100
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 995
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 3,795
1 person 1,295
2 persons 1,515
3 persons 490
4 persons 355
5 persons 105
6 or more persons 35
Number of persons in private households 7,940
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,085
  Single responses  8,045
    English  7,745
    French  115
    Non-official languages  180
      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 185
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  15
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  35
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  5
        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  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  10
        Portuguese  10
        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  30
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  5
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  5
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          35
    English and French  15
    English and non-official language  25
    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 8,085
  English only 7,520
  French only 0
  English and French 550
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,090
  English 7,965
  French 105
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 10
Official language minority (number)23 110
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,085
  Single responses 8,050
    English 7,935
    French 30
    Non-official languages 85
      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 80
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 5
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 5
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 5
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 5
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 5
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 5
        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 10
        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 20
        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 5
        Vietnamese 10
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         35
    English and French 10
    English and non-official language 25
    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 8,085
  None 7,830
  Single responses  250
    English  65
    French  105
    Non-official languages  85
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  5
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 80
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        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  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  15
        Greek  5
        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  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  5
        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.  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  15
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        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  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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