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Census Profile

Inverness, Subd. A, Nova Scotia (Subdivision of county municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 5,280
Population in 20061 5,859
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -9.9
Total private dwellings2 3,127
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,309
Population density per square kilometre 2.6
Land area (square km) 2,029.63
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 5,280
0 to 4 years 155
5 to 9 years 200
10 to 14 years 265
15 to 19 years 305
15 years 60
16 years 55
17 years 65
18 years 60
19 years 65
20 to 24 years 220
25 to 29 years 180
30 to 34 years 195
35 to 39 years 235
40 to 44 years 335
45 to 49 years 420
50 to 54 years 465
55 to 59 years 490
60 to 64 years 535
65 to 69 years 425
70 to 74 years 350
75 to 79 years 200
80 to 84 years 160
85 years and over 140
Median age of the population5 51.4
% of the population aged 15 and over 88.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 4,655
Married or living with a common-law partner 2,880
Married (and not separated) 2,555
Living common law 325
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,780
Single (never legally married) 1,035
Separated 130
Divorced 200
Widowed 410
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,590
Size of census family: 2 persons 940
Size of census family: 3 persons 335
Size of census family: 4 persons 205
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 110
Total number of census families in private households8 1,590
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,405
Married couples 1,245
Without children at home 725
With children at home 515
1 child 245
2 children 170
3 or more children 100
Common-law couples 160
Without children at home 95
With children at home 65
1 child 35
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 180
Female parent 150
1 child 95
2 children 40
3 or more children 10
Male parent 30
1 child 20
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 1,280
Under six years of age 200
6 to 14 years 410
15 to 17 years 175
18 to 24 years 295
25 years and over 205
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 5,160
Number of persons not in census families 885
Living with relatives9 125
Living with non-relatives only 70
Living alone 690
Number of census family persons 4,275
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,205
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 410
Living with relatives9 55
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 345
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 800
Total number of private households by household type10 2,310
Census-family households 1,570
One-family-only households11 1,475
Couple-family households12 1,335
Without children 790
With children 545
Lone-parent-family households 140
Other family households13 90
One-family households with persons not in a census family 75
Couple-family households14 50
Without children 20
With children 30
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 740
One-person households 690
Two-or-more-person households 50
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,310
Single-detached house 2,000
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 45
Other dwelling17 255
Semi-detached house 65
Row house 20
Apartment, duplex 30
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 125
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 2,310
1 person 690
2 persons 920
3 persons 345
4 persons 220
5 persons 105
6 or more persons 30
Number of persons in private households 5,165
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,190
  Single responses  5,110
    English  3,020
    French  2,040
    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 35
        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  15
        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 10
  Multiple responses          85
    English and French  85
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,195
  English only 2,525
  French only 100
  English and French 2,570
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,195
  English 3,140
  French 2,035
  English and French 20
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 2,045
Official language minority (percentage)23 39.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,190
  Single responses 5,135
    English 3,430
    French 1,695
    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 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         60
    English and French 55
    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 5,195
  None 4,275
  Single responses  915
    English  510
    French  380
    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 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  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  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)  5
        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 15
  Multiple responses          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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