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Census Profile

Oromocto, New Brunswick (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 8,932
Population in 20061 8,402
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 6.3
Total private dwellings2 3,680
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,459
Population density per square kilometre 399.2
Land area (square km) 22.37
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 8,930
0 to 4 years 830
5 to 9 years 650
10 to 14 years 550
15 to 19 years 530
15 years 100
16 years 120
17 years 120
18 years 110
19 years 90
20 to 24 years 1,025
25 to 29 years 990
30 to 34 years 835
35 to 39 years 695
40 to 44 years 660
45 to 49 years 605
50 to 54 years 410
55 to 59 years 265
60 to 64 years 240
65 to 69 years 190
70 to 74 years 165
75 to 79 years 150
80 to 84 years 90
85 years and over 60
Median age of the population5 29.5
% of the population aged 15 and over 77.3
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 6,910
Married or living with a common-law partner 4,505
Married (and not separated) 3,375
Living common law 1,125
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,400
Single (never legally married) 1,730
Separated 185
Divorced 260
Widowed 225
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 2,525
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,095
Size of census family: 3 persons 640
Size of census family: 4 persons 580
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 210
Total number of census families in private households8 2,525
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,230
Married couples 1,670
Without children at home 635
With children at home 1,035
1 child 415
2 children 455
3 or more children 165
Common-law couples 565
Without children at home 275
With children at home 290
1 child 140
2 children 110
3 or more children 40
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 295
Female parent 225
1 child 140
2 children 65
3 or more children 20
Male parent 70
1 child 50
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,785
Under six years of age 995
6 to 14 years 1,025
15 to 17 years 325
18 to 24 years 315
25 years and over 125
Average number of children at home per census family 1.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 8,915
Number of persons not in census families 1,375
Living with relatives9 85
Living with non-relatives only 540
Living alone 750
Number of census family persons 7,540
Average number of persons per census family 3.0
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 645
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 205
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 170
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 440
Total number of private households by household type10 3,460
Census-family households 2,490
One-family-only households11 2,340
Couple-family households12 2,105
Without children 840
With children 1,265
Lone-parent-family households 235
Other family households13 150
One-family households with persons not in a census family 110
Couple-family households14 80
Without children 40
With children 35
Lone-parent-family households 35
Two-or-more-family households 35
Non-census-family households 970
One-person households 750
Two-or-more-person households 220
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 3,460
Single-detached house 2,120
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 40
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 1,305
Semi-detached house 350
Row house 490
Apartment, duplex 30
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 425
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 3,460
1 person 750
2 persons 1,155
3 persons 705
4 persons 595
5 persons 190
6 or more persons 65
Number of persons in private households 8,920
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,920
  Single responses  8,820
    English  7,430
    French  1,235
    Non-official languages  155
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        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 140
        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.  10
        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  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        Japanese  10
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        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  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        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.  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  20
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses          105
    English and French  80
    English and non-official language  20
    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 8,925
  English only 6,610
  French only 285
  English and French 2,020
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,925
  English 7,645
  French 1,235
  English and French 35
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 1,250
Official language minority (percentage)23 14.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,920
  Single responses 8,830
    English 7,855
    French 945
    Non-official languages 35
      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 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. 5
        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 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 5
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 5
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 0
        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 5
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 5
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses         90
    English and French 60
    English and non-official language 35
    French and non-official language 5
    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 8,920
  None 8,060
  Single responses  845
    English  340
    French  415
    Non-official languages  90
      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 75
        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.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  20
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  10
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  5
        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  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  25
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          15
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  15
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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