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Census Profile

Cumberland, Subd. A, Nova Scotia (Subdivision of county municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,141
Population in 20061 2,261
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -5.3
Total private dwellings2 1,427
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,004
Population density per square kilometre 1.9
Land area (square km) 1,114.99
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,140
0 to 4 years 75
5 to 9 years 75
10 to 14 years 85
15 to 19 years 115
15 years 20
16 years 30
17 years 20
18 years 10
19 years 25
20 to 24 years 80
25 to 29 years 80
30 to 34 years 75
35 to 39 years 90
40 to 44 years 115
45 to 49 years 140
50 to 54 years 185
55 to 59 years 200
60 to 64 years 235
65 to 69 years 195
70 to 74 years 155
75 to 79 years 100
80 to 84 years 70
85 years and over 80
Median age of the population5 54.2
% of the population aged 15 and over 88.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,910
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,220
Married (and not separated) 985
Living common law 235
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 690
Single (never legally married) 350
Separated 45
Divorced 115
Widowed 180
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 705
Size of census family: 2 persons 500
Size of census family: 3 persons 110
Size of census family: 4 persons 75
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 25
Total number of census families in private households8 705
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 600
Married couples 485
Without children at home 355
With children at home 130
1 child 65
2 children 45
3 or more children 20
Common-law couples 115
Without children at home 70
With children at home 45
1 child 20
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 105
Female parent 80
1 child 60
2 children 15
3 or more children 10
Male parent 25
1 child 15
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 450
Under six years of age 90
6 to 14 years 140
15 to 17 years 65
18 to 24 years 85
25 years and over 65
Average number of children at home per census family 0.6
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,115
Number of persons not in census families 360
Living with relatives9 40
Living with non-relatives only 40
Living alone 285
Number of census family persons 1,755
Average number of persons per census family 2.5
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 580
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 180
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 160
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 400
Total number of private households by household type10 1,000
Census-family households 695
One-family-only households11 655
Couple-family households12 565
Without children 405
With children 165
Lone-parent-family households 90
Other family households13 40
One-family households with persons not in a census family 30
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 305
One-person households 285
Two-or-more-person households 20
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,005
Single-detached house 930
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 25
Other dwelling17 45
Semi-detached house 0
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 40
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 1,005
1 person 285
2 persons 490
3 persons 110
4 persons 85
5 persons 30
6 or more persons 10
Number of persons in private households 2,115
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,130
  Single responses  2,125
    English  2,095
    French  15
    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 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  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.  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  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          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 2,125
  English only 2,075
  French only 0
  English and French 45
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,125
  English 2,115
  French 10
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 10
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,125
  Single responses 2,125
    English 2,120
    French 0
    Non-official languages 0
      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 0
        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 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         5
    English and French 0
    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 2,125
  None 2,110
  Single responses  15
    English  0
    French  15
    Non-official languages  5
      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 5
        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  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          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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