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New Tecumseth, Ontario (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 30,234
Population in 20061 27,701
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 9.1
Total private dwellings2 11,642
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 11,312
Population density per square kilometre 110.3
Land area (square km) 274.18
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 30,235
0 to 4 years 1,610
5 to 9 years 1,705
10 to 14 years 1,960
15 to 19 years 2,135
15 years 430
16 years 435
17 years 420
18 years 445
19 years 405
20 to 24 years 1,735
25 to 29 years 1,555
30 to 34 years 1,500
35 to 39 years 1,895
40 to 44 years 2,220
45 to 49 years 2,700
50 to 54 years 2,330
55 to 59 years 1,885
60 to 64 years 1,850
65 to 69 years 1,550
70 to 74 years 1,225
75 to 79 years 1,040
80 to 84 years 735
85 years and over 620
Median age of the population5 42.3
% of the population aged 15 and over 82.5
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 24,960
Married or living with a common-law partner 15,530
Married (and not separated) 13,150
Living common law 2,385
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 9,425
Single (never legally married) 5,825
Separated 780
Divorced 1,265
Widowed 1,545
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 9,005
Size of census family: 2 persons 4,485
Size of census family: 3 persons 1,860
Size of census family: 4 persons 1,900
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 760
Total number of census families in private households8 9,005
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 7,645
Married couples 6,455
Without children at home 3,045
With children at home 3,410
1 child 1,200
2 children 1,575
3 or more children 640
Common-law couples 1,190
Without children at home 645
With children at home 545
1 child 255
2 children 195
3 or more children 95
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 1,355
Female parent 1,040
1 child 590
2 children 320
3 or more children 125
Male parent 320
1 child 210
2 children 80
3 or more children 30
Total children in census families in private households 9,505
Under six years of age 1,910
6 to 14 years 3,315
15 to 17 years 1,235
18 to 24 years 2,080
25 years and over 970
Average number of children at home per census family 1.1
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 29,690
Number of persons not in census families 3,540
Living with relatives9 485
Living with non-relatives only 750
Living alone 2,310
Number of census family persons 26,150
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 4,770
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 1,250
Living with relatives9 215
Living with non-relatives only 75
Living alone 955
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 3,525
Total number of private households by household type10 11,315
Census-family households 8,745
One-family-only households11 7,930
Couple-family households12 6,920
Without children 3,335
With children 3,590
Lone-parent-family households 1,010
Other family households13 810
One-family households with persons not in a census family 555
Couple-family households14 350
Without children 135
With children 215
Lone-parent-family households 210
Two-or-more-family households 255
Non-census-family households 2,565
One-person households 2,310
Two-or-more-person households 260
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 11,310
Single-detached house 7,985
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 70
Movable dwelling16 80
Other dwelling17 3,180
Semi-detached house 770
Row house 880
Apartment, duplex 410
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1,090
Other single-attached house 30
Total number of private households by household size18 11,310
1 person 2,305
2 persons 4,135
3 persons 1,850
4 persons 1,970
5 persons 745
6 or more persons 305
Number of persons in private households 29,690
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 29,880
  Single responses  29,640
    English  26,735
    French  450
    Non-official languages  2,450
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        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 2,430
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  5
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  5
        Arabic  20
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  15
        Chinese, n.o.s.  35
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  45
        Czech  10
        Danish  45
        Dutch  180
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  45
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  5
        German  385
        Greek  50
        Gujarati  15
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  10
        Hungarian  75
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  415
        Japanese  30
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  55
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  15
        Latvian  10
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  20
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  5
        Maltese  25
        Mandarin  35
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  5
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  5
        Oromo  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  20
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  15
        Polish  210
        Portuguese  130
        Romanian  10
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  35
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  5
        Serbian  10
        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.  5
        Slovak  15
        Slovenian  15
        Somali  0
        Spanish  145
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  50
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  10
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  10
        Ukrainian  45
        Urdu  20
        Vietnamese  90
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 20
  Multiple responses          240
    English and French  45
    English and non-official language  175
    French and non-official language  20
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 29,880
  English only 28,265
  French only 15
  English and French 1,525
  Neither English nor French 80
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 29,880
  English 29,355
  French 430
  English and French 25
  Neither English nor French 75
Official language minority (number)23 440
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.5
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 29,880
  Single responses 29,585
    English 28,760
    French 90
    Non-official languages 730
      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 730
        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 5
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 10
        Chinese, n.o.s. 20
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 25
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 10
        Estonian 5
        Finnish 15
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 50
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 10
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 20
        Ilocano 5
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 90
        Japanese 30
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 40
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 10
        Latvian 10
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 10
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 5
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 25
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 5
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 10
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 5
        Polish 70
        Portuguese 25
        Romanian 5
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 25
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5
        Serbian 5
        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 65
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 10
        Telugu 0
        Thai 5
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 15
        Urdu 15
        Vietnamese 55
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses         290
    English and French 20
    English and non-official language 265
    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 29,880
  None 28,335
  Single responses  1,515
    English  390
    French  225
    Non-official languages  900
      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 885
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  5
        Arabic  15
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  5
        Creoles  5
        Croatian  5
        Czech  0
        Danish  10
        Dutch  65
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  20
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  155
        Greek  30
        Gujarati  5
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  10
        Hungarian  15
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  185
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  5
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  5
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  5
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  5
        Polish  55
        Portuguese  70
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  5
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        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.  5
        Slovak  5
        Slovenian  10
        Somali  0
        Spanish  70
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  30
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  5
        Vietnamese  30
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 15
  Multiple responses          25
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  10
    French and non-official language  20
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.