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Census Profile

Berwick, Nova Scotia (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,454
Population in 20061 2,454
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.0
Total private dwellings2 1,024
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,000
Population density per square kilometre 368.6
Land area (square km) 6.66
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,455
0 to 4 years 95
5 to 9 years 105
10 to 14 years 130
15 to 19 years 145
15 years 25
16 years 30
17 years 25
18 years 30
19 years 35
20 to 24 years 95
25 to 29 years 90
30 to 34 years 100
35 to 39 years 125
40 to 44 years 145
45 to 49 years 185
50 to 54 years 210
55 to 59 years 145
60 to 64 years 180
65 to 69 years 160
70 to 74 years 110
75 to 79 years 125
80 to 84 years 115
85 years and over 205
Median age of the population5 50.4
% of the population aged 15 and over 86.5
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,130
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,155
Married (and not separated) 980
Living common law 175
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 975
Single (never legally married) 445
Separated 55
Divorced 175
Widowed 295
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 655
Size of census family: 2 persons 385
Size of census family: 3 persons 120
Size of census family: 4 persons 110
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 35
Total number of census families in private households8 655
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 545
Married couples 460
Without children at home 275
With children at home 190
1 child 70
2 children 85
3 or more children 30
Common-law couples 85
Without children at home 45
With children at home 45
1 child 20
2 children 15
3 or more children 0
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 105
Female parent 90
1 child 55
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Male parent 15
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 570
Under six years of age 110
6 to 14 years 215
15 to 17 years 80
18 to 24 years 115
25 years and over 60
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,190
Number of persons not in census families 420
Living with relatives9 25
Living with non-relatives only 60
Living alone 330
Number of census family persons 1,770
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 490
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 190
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 20
Living alone 165
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 300
Total number of private households by household type10 1,000
Census-family households 645
One-family-only households11 610
Couple-family households12 520
Without children 300
With children 220
Lone-parent-family households 85
Other family households13 35
One-family households with persons not in a census family 25
Couple-family households14 15
Without children 10
With children 10
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 10
Non-census-family households 355
One-person households 330
Two-or-more-person households 25
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,000
Single-detached house 640
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 45
Other dwelling17 315
Semi-detached house 105
Row house 20
Apartment, duplex 20
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 155
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 1,000
1 person 330
2 persons 380
3 persons 125
4 persons 115
5 persons 30
6 or more persons 15
Number of persons in private households 2,190
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,260
  Single responses  2,255
    English  2,190
    French  35
    Non-official languages  35
      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  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  10
        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          10
    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 2,260
  English only 2,090
  French only 0
  English and French 175
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,265
  English 2,225
  French 30
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 35
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,265
  Single responses 2,255
    English 2,235
    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 15
        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 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) 5
        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 2,260
  None 2,200
  Single responses  55
    English  20
    French  25
    Non-official languages  15
      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  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 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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