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Census Profile

Central Elgin, Ontario (Municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 12,743
Population in 20061 12,723
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.2
Total private dwellings2 5,174
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 4,781
Population density per square kilometre 45.5
Land area (square km) 280.23
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 12,745
0 to 4 years 625
5 to 9 years 715
10 to 14 years 785
15 to 19 years 895
15 years 170
16 years 165
17 years 205
18 years 190
19 years 160
20 to 24 years 655
25 to 29 years 495
30 to 34 years 585
35 to 39 years 735
40 to 44 years 915
45 to 49 years 1,130
50 to 54 years 1,120
55 to 59 years 1,105
60 to 64 years 1,050
65 to 69 years 700
70 to 74 years 525
75 to 79 years 320
80 to 84 years 215
85 years and over 180
Median age of the population5 44.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 10,630
Married or living with a common-law partner 7,200
Married (and not separated) 6,405
Living common law 800
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,425
Single (never legally married) 2,255
Separated 235
Divorced 425
Widowed 510
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,940
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,035
Size of census family: 3 persons 775
Size of census family: 4 persons 775
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 350
Total number of census families in private households8 3,940
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 3,565
Married couples 3,165
Without children at home 1,575
With children at home 1,590
1 child 565
2 children 705
3 or more children 320
Common-law couples 400
Without children at home 235
With children at home 160
1 child 95
2 children 50
3 or more children 20
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 375
Female parent 275
1 child 150
2 children 95
3 or more children 30
Male parent 95
1 child 70
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 3,870
Under six years of age 770
6 to 14 years 1,335
15 to 17 years 535
18 to 24 years 890
25 years and over 340
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 12,555
Number of persons not in census families 1,180
Living with relatives9 160
Living with non-relatives only 190
Living alone 830
Number of census family persons 11,375
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,865
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 455
Living with relatives9 65
Living with non-relatives only 20
Living alone 370
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,410
Total number of private households by household type10 4,780
Census-family households 3,865
One-family-only households11 3,650
Couple-family households12 3,370
Without children 1,705
With children 1,665
Lone-parent-family households 280
Other family households13 215
One-family households with persons not in a census family 140
Couple-family households14 100
Without children 40
With children 60
Lone-parent-family households 40
Two-or-more-family households 75
Non-census-family households 920
One-person households 830
Two-or-more-person households 85
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 4,780
Single-detached house 4,480
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 295
Semi-detached house 35
Row house 115
Apartment, duplex 25
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 110
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 4,785
1 person 830
2 persons 1,940
3 persons 780
4 persons 810
5 persons 305
6 or more persons 115
Number of persons in private households 12,550
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,590
  Single responses  12,515
    English  11,585
    French  110
    Non-official languages  810
      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 805
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  15
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  10
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  35
        Czech  5
        Danish  5
        Dutch  175
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  15
        Fukien  0
        German  290
        Greek  10
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  25
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  25
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  5
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  10
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  50
        Portuguese  35
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        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  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  15
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 10
  Multiple responses          75
    English and French  15
    English and non-official language  50
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,590
  English only 12,030
  French only 5
  English and French 545
  Neither English nor French 15
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,590
  English 12,475
  French 95
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 15
Official language minority (number)23 95
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.8
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,590
  Single responses 12,510
    English 12,310
    French 20
    Non-official languages 175
      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 175
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 5
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 5
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 5
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 0
        Chinese, n.o.s. 0
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 10
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 5
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 80
        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 10
        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 20
        Portuguese 5
        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 5
  Multiple responses         80
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 75
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 12,590
  None 12,105
  Single responses  480
    English  95
    French  95
    Non-official languages  285
      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 275
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  15
        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.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  10
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  50
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  0
        German  80
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  15
        Japanese  5
        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)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  20
        Portuguese  15
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  5
        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  15
        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 5
  Multiple responses          10
    English and French  0
    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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