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Census Profile

Hamilton, Ontario (Township)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 10,702
Population in 20061 10,972
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -2.5
Total private dwellings2 4,377
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,936
Population density per square kilometre 41.8
Land area (square km) 256.12
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 10,700
0 to 4 years 375
5 to 9 years 540
10 to 14 years 660
15 to 19 years 815
15 years 160
16 years 155
17 years 160
18 years 180
19 years 165
20 to 24 years 655
25 to 29 years 420
30 to 34 years 365
35 to 39 years 540
40 to 44 years 640
45 to 49 years 1,090
50 to 54 years 1,130
55 to 59 years 915
60 to 64 years 875
65 to 69 years 660
70 to 74 years 455
75 to 79 years 280
80 to 84 years 185
85 years and over 100
Median age of the population5 46.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 85.3
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 9,125
Married or living with a common-law partner 6,155
Married (and not separated) 5,280
Living common law 875
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,970
Single (never legally married) 2,020
Separated 220
Divorced 380
Widowed 345
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,300
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,745
Size of census family: 3 persons 625
Size of census family: 4 persons 640
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 285
Total number of census families in private households8 3,305
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,980
Married couples 2,560
Without children at home 1,295
With children at home 1,265
1 child 445
2 children 570
3 or more children 255
Common-law couples 425
Without children at home 260
With children at home 165
1 child 90
2 children 45
3 or more children 25
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 320
Female parent 225
1 child 135
2 children 70
3 or more children 20
Male parent 95
1 child 65
2 children 30
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 3,145
Under six years of age 450
6 to 14 years 1,080
15 to 17 years 465
18 to 24 years 850
25 years and over 310
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 10,420
Number of persons not in census families 980
Living with relatives9 175
Living with non-relatives only 180
Living alone 630
Number of census family persons 9,440
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,585
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 335
Living with relatives9 85
Living with non-relatives only 20
Living alone 235
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,250
Total number of private households by household type10 3,935
Census-family households 3,235
One-family-only households11 3,005
Couple-family households12 2,765
Without children 1,440
With children 1,325
Lone-parent-family households 245
Other family households13 230
One-family households with persons not in a census family 160
Couple-family households14 125
Without children 55
With children 65
Lone-parent-family households 40
Two-or-more-family households 65
Non-census-family households 700
One-person households 630
Two-or-more-person households 70
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 3,935
Single-detached house 3,845
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 85
Semi-detached house 15
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 15
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 35
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 3,935
1 person 630
2 persons 1,645
3 persons 630
4 persons 670
5 persons 270
6 or more persons 95
Number of persons in private households 10,415
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,700
  Single responses  10,640
    English  10,070
    French  125
    Non-official languages  445
      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 440
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  5
        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  5
        Czech  5
        Danish  10
        Dutch  80
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  0
        German  80
        Greek  10
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  15
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  35
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  15
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  5
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  35
        Portuguese  10
        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  5
        Slovenian  5
        Somali  0
        Spanish  20
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  10
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  20
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          65
    English and French  30
    English and non-official language  25
    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 10,700
  English only 10,080
  French only 0
  English and French 610
  Neither English nor French 15
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,705
  English 10,575
  French 115
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 10
Official language minority (number)23 115
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,700
  Single responses 10,660
    English 10,565
    French 15
    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 75
        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 5
        Greek 5
        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 15
        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) 5
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 5
        Polish 5
        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 5
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 5
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         40
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 30
    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 10,705
  None 10,405
  Single responses  280
    English  55
    French  90
    Non-official languages  145
      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 140
        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  20
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  25
        Greek  5
        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  5
        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  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  10
        Portuguese  5
        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  15
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  15
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          15
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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