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Meaford, Ontario (Municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 11,100
Population in 20061 10,948
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 1.4
Total private dwellings2 5,327
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 4,633
Population density per square kilometre 18.9
Land area (square km) 588.61
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 11,100
0 to 4 years 460
5 to 9 years 440
10 to 14 years 550
15 to 19 years 655
15 years 120
16 years 120
17 years 135
18 years 145
19 years 130
20 to 24 years 610
25 to 29 years 455
30 to 34 years 450
35 to 39 years 470
40 to 44 years 580
45 to 49 years 815
50 to 54 years 925
55 to 59 years 1,015
60 to 64 years 1,040
65 to 69 years 795
70 to 74 years 650
75 to 79 years 485
80 to 84 years 355
85 years and over 350
Median age of the population5 50.4
% of the population aged 15 and over 86.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 9,650
Married or living with a common-law partner 6,270
Married (and not separated) 5,385
Living common law 880
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 3,380
Single (never legally married) 1,910
Separated 240
Divorced 505
Widowed 720
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 3,495
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,150
Size of census family: 3 persons 595
Size of census family: 4 persons 540
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 210
Total number of census families in private households8 3,495
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 3,090
Married couples 2,645
Without children at home 1,615
With children at home 1,030
1 child 400
2 children 450
3 or more children 180
Common-law couples 440
Without children at home 270
With children at home 170
1 child 90
2 children 60
3 or more children 25
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 410
Female parent 325
1 child 200
2 children 95
3 or more children 35
Male parent 80
1 child 65
2 children 15
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 2,775
Under six years of age 560
6 to 14 years 875
15 to 17 years 360
18 to 24 years 705
25 years and over 280
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 10,800
Number of persons not in census families 1,450
Living with relatives9 155
Living with non-relatives only 190
Living alone 1,100
Number of census family persons 9,360
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 2,420
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 615
Living with relatives9 70
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 515
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,805
Total number of private households by household type10 4,630
Census-family households 3,455
One-family-only households11 3,275
Couple-family households12 2,940
Without children 1,810
With children 1,130
Lone-parent-family households 330
Other family households13 185
One-family households with persons not in a census family 150
Couple-family households14 100
Without children 50
With children 50
Lone-parent-family households 50
Two-or-more-family households 35
Non-census-family households 1,175
One-person households 1,105
Two-or-more-person households 75
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 4,635
Single-detached house 3,875
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 10
Other dwelling17 750
Semi-detached house 60
Row house 230
Apartment, duplex 60
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 390
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 4,635
1 person 1,100
2 persons 2,090
3 persons 620
4 persons 560
5 persons 185
6 or more persons 75
Number of persons in private households 10,805
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,910
  Single responses  10,860
    English  10,220
    French  115
    Non-official languages  530
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  5
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 525
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  10
        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  5
        Czech  10
        Danish  20
        Dutch  100
        Estonian  10
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  165
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  25
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  5
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        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  5
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  25
        Portuguese  15
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  10
        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  5
        Somali  0
        Spanish  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        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 5
  Multiple responses          50
    English and French  10
    English and non-official language  30
    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 10,910
  English only 10,200
  French only 0
  English and French 695
  Neither English nor French 10
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,910
  English 10,795
  French 95
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 10
Official language minority (number)23 100
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.9
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 10,910
  Single responses 10,850
    English 10,740
    French 35
    Non-official languages 75
      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 5
        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 5
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 15
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 5
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 5
        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 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. 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 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 0
  Multiple responses         60
    English and French 10
    English and non-official language 50
    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 10,910
  None 10,585
  Single responses  315
    English  50
    French  80
    Non-official languages  185
      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 185
        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  5
        Czech  10
        Danish  5
        Dutch  25
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  55
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  5
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  10
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  5
        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  5
        Portuguese  5
        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  15
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  5
        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.