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Census Profile

Chester, Nova Scotia (Municipal district)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 10,599
Population in 20061 10,741
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -1.3
Total private dwellings2 6,169
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 4,761
Population density per square kilometre 9.4
Land area (square km) 1,122.22
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 10,600
0 to 4 years 380
5 to 9 years 420
10 to 14 years 520
15 to 19 years 580
15 years 95
16 years 120
17 years 125
18 years 120
19 years 120
20 to 24 years 415
25 to 29 years 375
30 to 34 years 480
35 to 39 years 560
40 to 44 years 670
45 to 49 years 925
50 to 54 years 980
55 to 59 years 955
60 to 64 years 1,020
65 to 69 years 765
70 to 74 years 575
75 to 79 years 415
80 to 84 years 305
85 years and over 265
Median age of the population5 49.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 9,285
Married or living with a common-law partner 5,980
Married (and not separated) 4,860
Living common law 1,120
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,310
Single (never legally married) 1,765
Separated 270
Divorced 565
Widowed 710
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,425
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,155
Size of census family: 3 persons 705
Size of census family: 4 persons 445
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 115
Total number of census families in private households8 3,425
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,960
Married couples 2,400
Without children at home 1,535
With children at home 865
1 child 450
2 children 325
3 or more children 90
Common-law couples 560
Without children at home 335
With children at home 230
1 child 120
2 children 85
3 or more children 25
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 465
Female parent 355
1 child 210
2 children 110
3 or more children 35
Male parent 110
1 child 80
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total children in census families in private households 2,440
Under six years of age 450
6 to 14 years 855
15 to 17 years 320
18 to 24 years 500
25 years and over 315
Average number of children at home per census family 0.7
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 10,465
Number of persons not in census families 1,640
Living with relatives9 130
Living with non-relatives only 235
Living alone 1,275
Number of census family persons 8,830
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 2,240
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 685
Living with relatives9 50
Living with non-relatives only 40
Living alone 590
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,555
Total number of private households by household type10 4,760
Census-family households 3,375
One-family-only households11 3,205
Couple-family households12 2,825
Without children 1,790
With children 1,040
Lone-parent-family households 375
Other family households13 170
One-family households with persons not in a census family 125
Couple-family households14 70
Without children 40
With children 35
Lone-parent-family households 50
Two-or-more-family households 45
Non-census-family households 1,385
One-person households 1,275
Two-or-more-person households 110
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 4,760
Single-detached house 4,205
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 5
Movable dwelling16 180
Other dwelling17 375
Semi-detached house 65
Row house 105
Apartment, duplex 40
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 145
Other single-attached house 15
Total number of private households by household size18 4,765
1 person 1,275
2 persons 2,125
3 persons 720
4 persons 475
5 persons 120
6 or more persons 40
Number of persons in private households 10,465
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,560
  Single responses  10,515
    English  10,225
    French  120
    Non-official languages  165
      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 160
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  20
        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  15
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  65
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  5
        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  5
        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  5
        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  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          50
    English and French  30
    English and non-official language  20
    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 10,565
  English only 9,915
  French only 5
  English and French 645
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,565
  English 10,440
  French 105
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 115
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,565
  Single responses 10,535
    English 10,465
    French 30
    Non-official languages 45
      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 45
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 10
        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 25
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        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) 5
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 5
        Polish 5
        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         25
    English and French 10
    English and non-official language 10
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,565
  None 10,365
  Single responses  195
    English  40
    French  85
    Non-official languages  70
      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 60
        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  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  5
        Danish  0
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  25
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        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)  5
        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  5
        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 5
  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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