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Caraquet, New Brunswick (Parish)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,382
Population in 20061 1,511
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -8.5
Total private dwellings2 618
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 590
Population density per square kilometre 12.7
Land area (square km) 109.20
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,380
0 to 4 years 40
5 to 9 years 60
10 to 14 years 50
15 to 19 years 90
15 years 15
16 years 15
17 years 20
18 years 15
19 years 20
20 to 24 years 65
25 to 29 years 60
30 to 34 years 60
35 to 39 years 85
40 to 44 years 95
45 to 49 years 135
50 to 54 years 135
55 to 59 years 150
60 to 64 years 130
65 to 69 years 60
70 to 74 years 50
75 to 79 years 60
80 to 84 years 35
85 years and over 25
Median age of the population5 48.3
% of the population aged 15 and over 89.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,235
Married or living with a common-law partner 650
Married (and not separated) 420
Living common law 230
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 585
Single (never legally married) 400
Separated 40
Divorced 55
Widowed 90
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 420
Size of census family: 2 persons 225
Size of census family: 3 persons 120
Size of census family: 4 persons 75
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 5
Total number of census families in private households8 420
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 325
Married couples 205
Without children at home 105
With children at home 105
1 child 60
2 children 45
3 or more children 5
Common-law couples 115
Without children at home 55
With children at home 60
1 child 30
2 children 30
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 100
Female parent 75
1 child 55
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Male parent 20
1 child 10
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 390
Under six years of age 40
6 to 14 years 105
15 to 17 years 50
18 to 24 years 85
25 years and over 105
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,375
Number of persons not in census families 235
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 55
Living alone 150
Number of census family persons 1,135
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 215
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 75
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 50
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 140
Total number of private households by household type10 590
Census-family households 410
One-family-only households11 380
Couple-family households12 300
Without children 135
With children 160
Lone-parent-family households 75
Other family households13 30
One-family households with persons not in a census family 20
Couple-family households14 10
Without children 5
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 10
Non-census-family households 180
One-person households 150
Two-or-more-person households 25
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 590
Single-detached house 560
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 25
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 10
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 590
1 person 155
2 persons 215
3 persons 125
4 persons 85
5 persons 5
6 or more persons 5
Number of persons in private households 1,370
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,370
  Single responses  1,365
    English  25
    French  1,340
    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 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          0
    English and French  0
    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 1,370
  English only 5
  French only 845
  English and French 520
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,370
  English 25
  French 1,345
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 1,345
Official language minority (percentage)23 98.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,370
  Single responses 1,370
    English 10
    French 1,360
    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 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
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,370
  None 1,315
  Single responses  55
    English  50
    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          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.