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Census Profile

Colchester, Subd. A, Nova Scotia (Subdivision of county municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 3,642
Population in 20061 3,525
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 3.3
Total private dwellings2 2,126
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,529
Population density per square kilometre 4.2
Land area (square km) 877.59
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 3,640
0 to 4 years 160
5 to 9 years 165
10 to 14 years 210
15 to 19 years 210
15 years 55
16 years 40
17 years 40
18 years 35
19 years 30
20 to 24 years 140
25 to 29 years 145
30 to 34 years 185
35 to 39 years 235
40 to 44 years 255
45 to 49 years 290
50 to 54 years 310
55 to 59 years 325
60 to 64 years 330
65 to 69 years 240
70 to 74 years 160
75 to 79 years 130
80 to 84 years 80
85 years and over 80
Median age of the population5 47.2
% of the population aged 15 and over 85.3
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 3,105
Married or living with a common-law partner 2,055
Married (and not separated) 1,730
Living common law 330
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,050
Single (never legally married) 615
Separated 75
Divorced 175
Widowed 190
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,135
Size of census family: 2 persons 685
Size of census family: 3 persons 225
Size of census family: 4 persons 170
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 55
Total number of census families in private households8 1,135
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 985
Married couples 825
Without children at home 505
With children at home 325
1 child 145
2 children 135
3 or more children 45
Common-law couples 160
Without children at home 100
With children at home 60
1 child 25
2 children 25
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 150
Female parent 115
1 child 55
2 children 45
3 or more children 10
Male parent 35
1 child 30
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 885
Under six years of age 175
6 to 14 years 345
15 to 17 years 135
18 to 24 years 140
25 years and over 90
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 3,555
Number of persons not in census families 550
Living with relatives9 75
Living with non-relatives only 85
Living alone 385
Number of census family persons 3,005
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 680
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 210
Living with relatives9 25
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 170
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 470
Total number of private households by household type10 1,530
Census-family households 1,105
One-family-only households11 1,015
Couple-family households12 905
Without children 555
With children 345
Lone-parent-family households 110
Other family households13 90
One-family households with persons not in a census family 55
Couple-family households14 35
Without children 15
With children 20
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 35
Non-census-family households 430
One-person households 385
Two-or-more-person households 40
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,530
Single-detached house 1,425
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 45
Other dwelling17 55
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 45
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 1,525
1 person 385
2 persons 660
3 persons 215
4 persons 180
5 persons 60
6 or more persons 30
Number of persons in private households 3,555
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,640
  Single responses  3,635
    English  3,550
    French  45
    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  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  5
        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  5
        Dutch  20
        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  5
        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  5
        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 3,645
  English only 3,510
  French only 0
  English and French 135
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,640
  English 3,600
  French 35
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 35
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,640
  Single responses 3,640
    English 3,610
    French 15
    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 15
        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 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 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) 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 5
    English and non-official language 5
    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 3,640
  None 3,580
  Single responses  60
    English  5
    French  20
    Non-official languages  35
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        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 40
        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  25
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        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)  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 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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