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Colchester, Subd. C, Nova Scotia (Subdivision of county municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 13,339
Population in 20061 13,312
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.2
Total private dwellings2 6,009
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 5,406
Population density per square kilometre 9.2
Land area (square km) 1,443.11
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 13,340
0 to 4 years 640
5 to 9 years 700
10 to 14 years 845
15 to 19 years 865
15 years 175
16 years 160
17 years 200
18 years 175
19 years 160
20 to 24 years 695
25 to 29 years 625
30 to 34 years 710
35 to 39 years 825
40 to 44 years 910
45 to 49 years 1,170
50 to 54 years 1,215
55 to 59 years 1,065
60 to 64 years 1,035
65 to 69 years 760
70 to 74 years 550
75 to 79 years 330
80 to 84 years 210
85 years and over 180
Median age of the population5 44.1
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 11,145
Married or living with a common-law partner 7,235
Married (and not separated) 5,950
Living common law 1,290
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,910
Single (never legally married) 2,410
Separated 365
Divorced 555
Widowed 585
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 4,210
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,335
Size of census family: 3 persons 905
Size of census family: 4 persons 690
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 270
Total number of census families in private households8 4,210
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 3,590
Married couples 2,945
Without children at home 1,625
With children at home 1,320
1 child 575
2 children 540
3 or more children 205
Common-law couples 645
Without children at home 350
With children at home 295
1 child 145
2 children 95
3 or more children 45
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 620
Female parent 460
1 child 270
2 children 135
3 or more children 60
Male parent 155
1 child 90
2 children 50
3 or more children 15
Total children in census families in private households 3,795
Under six years of age 780
6 to 14 years 1,395
15 to 17 years 515
18 to 24 years 760
25 years and over 350
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 13,255
Number of persons not in census families 1,660
Living with relatives9 190
Living with non-relatives only 325
Living alone 1,145
Number of census family persons 11,595
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,960
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 520
Living with relatives9 70
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 420
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,435
Total number of private households by household type10 5,405
Census-family households 4,135
One-family-only households11 3,865
Couple-family households12 3,370
Without children 1,860
With children 1,510
Lone-parent-family households 490
Other family households13 275
One-family households with persons not in a census family 200
Couple-family households14 125
Without children 55
With children 60
Lone-parent-family households 80
Two-or-more-family households 75
Non-census-family households 1,270
One-person households 1,145
Two-or-more-person households 120
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 5,410
Single-detached house 4,490
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 370
Other dwelling17 550
Semi-detached house 165
Row house 25
Apartment, duplex 65
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 290
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 5,405
1 person 1,150
2 persons 2,245
3 persons 925
4 persons 740
5 persons 245
6 or more persons 105
Number of persons in private households 13,250
Average number of persons in private households 2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 13,265
  Single responses  13,230
    English  12,900
    French  155
    Non-official languages  175
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  15
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 150
        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.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  65
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  20
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        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  5
        Portuguese  0
        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  15
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        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 15
  Multiple responses          40
    English and French  15
    English and non-official language  20
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 13,270
  English only 12,625
  French only 0
  English and French 640
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 13,270
  English 13,145
  French 115
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 115
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.9
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 13,270
  Single responses 13,230
    English 13,170
    French 25
    Non-official languages 35
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 0
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 5
        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 5
        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 5
        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. 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 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 5
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses         35
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 30
    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 13,270
  None 13,080
  Single responses  185
    English  25
    French  90
    Non-official languages  70
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  10
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 50
        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  20
        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  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  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 10
  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.