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Census Profile

Inverness, Subd. C, Nova Scotia (Subdivision of county municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 3,357
Population in 20061 3,668
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -8.5
Total private dwellings2 1,956
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,398
Population density per square kilometre 3.2
Land area (square km) 1,033.42
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 3,355
0 to 4 years 120
5 to 9 years 155
10 to 14 years 205
15 to 19 years 215
15 years 35
16 years 50
17 years 35
18 years 45
19 years 40
20 to 24 years 155
25 to 29 years 95
30 to 34 years 120
35 to 39 years 180
40 to 44 years 215
45 to 49 years 295
50 to 54 years 315
55 to 59 years 295
60 to 64 years 335
65 to 69 years 255
70 to 74 years 170
75 to 79 years 100
80 to 84 years 65
85 years and over 65
Median age of the population5 48.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 85.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,870
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,770
Married (and not separated) 1,590
Living common law 180
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,100
Single (never legally married) 710
Separated 80
Divorced 115
Widowed 195
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,005
Size of census family: 2 persons 585
Size of census family: 3 persons 170
Size of census family: 4 persons 165
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 90
Total number of census families in private households8 1,005
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 880
Married couples 790
Without children at home 430
With children at home 355
1 child 140
2 children 140
3 or more children 80
Common-law couples 90
Without children at home 55
With children at home 35
1 child 15
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 125
Female parent 95
1 child 75
2 children 15
3 or more children 10
Male parent 30
1 child 20
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 920
Under six years of age 145
6 to 14 years 335
15 to 17 years 125
18 to 24 years 200
25 years and over 110
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 3,305
Number of persons not in census families 505
Living with relatives9 65
Living with non-relatives only 65
Living alone 375
Number of census family persons 2,800
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 655
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 215
Living with relatives9 25
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 175
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 445
Total number of private households by household type10 1,400
Census-family households 985
One-family-only households11 930
Couple-family households12 835
Without children 465
With children 375
Lone-parent-family households 90
Other family households13 55
One-family households with persons not in a census family 35
Couple-family households14 20
Without children 15
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 410
One-person households 375
Two-or-more-person households 35
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,400
Single-detached house 1,180
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 170
Other dwelling17 45
Semi-detached house 0
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 30
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 1,400
1 person 375
2 persons 570
3 persons 175
4 persons 170
5 persons 70
6 or more persons 30
Number of persons in private households 3,305
Average number of persons in private households 2.4
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,320
  Single responses  3,305
    English  3,160
    French  60
    Non-official languages  80
      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 65
        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  30
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  10
        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  5
        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 20
  Multiple responses          15
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  5
    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 3,320
  English only 3,085
  French only 0
  English and French 230
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,320
  English 3,265
  French 50
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 50
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 3,320
  Single responses 3,290
    English 3,250
    French 10
    Non-official languages 30
      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 25
        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 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) 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         25
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 20
    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 3,320
  None 3,210
  Single responses  105
    English  20
    French  40
    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 20
        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  10
        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)  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  5
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 25
  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

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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