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Cardston, Alberta (Town)
Characteristics	Total
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011¹	3,580
Population in 2006¹	3,452
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	3.7
Total private dwellings²	1,322
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents³	1,208
Population density per square kilometre	414.1
Land area (square km)	8.64
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups⁴	3,580
0 to 4 years	275
5 to 9 years	300
10 to 14 years	290
15 to 19 years	300
15 years	60
16 years	75
17 years	70
18 years	50
19 years	45
20 to 24 years	175
25 to 29 years	155
30 to 34 years	190
35 to 39 years	180
40 to 44 years	165
45 to 49 years	165
50 to 54 years	200
55 to 59 years	200
60 to 64 years	200
65 to 69 years	175
70 to 74 years	175
75 to 79 years	140
80 to 84 years	145
85 years and over	165
Median age of the population⁵	38.4
% of the population aged 15 and over	75.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status⁶	2,720
Married or living with a common-law partner	1,715
Married (and not separated)	1,635
Living common law	80
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	1,000
Single (never legally married)	575
Separated	40
Divorced	150
Widowed	230
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households⁷	960
Size of census family: 2 persons	485
Size of census family: 3 persons	145
Size of census family: 4 persons	110
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	215
Total number of census families in private households⁸	955
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	835
Married couples	790
Without children at home	390
With children at home	405
1 child	115
2 children	90
3 or more children	200
Common-law couples	40
Without children at home	15
With children at home	25
1 child	10
2 children	15
3 or more children	5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	120
Female parent	105
1 child	65
2 children	20
3 or more children	15
Male parent	15
1 child	15
2 children	5
3 or more children	5
Total children in census families in private households	1,305
Under six years of age	340
6 to 14 years	510
15 to 17 years	200
18 to 24 years	195
25 years and over	70
Average number of children at home per census family	1.4
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	3,455
Number of persons not in census families	365
Living with relatives⁹	60
Living with non-relatives only	40
Living alone	265
Number of census family persons	3,095
Average number of persons per census family	3.2
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households	690
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	185
Living with relatives⁹	5
Living with non-relatives only	5
Living alone	175
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	505
Total number of private households by household type¹⁰	1,205
Census-family households	925
One-family-only households¹¹	855
Couple-family households¹²	755
Without children	370
With children	390
Lone-parent-family households	100
Other family households¹³	70
One-family households with persons not in a census family	40
Couple-family households¹⁴	30
Without children	10
With children	15
Lone-parent-family households	15
Two-or-more-family households	30
Non-census-family households	285
One-person households	265
Two-or-more-person households	15
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling¹⁵	1,205
Single-detached house	1,050
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0
Movable dwelling¹⁶	25
Other dwelling¹⁷	135
Semi-detached house	40
Row house	40
Apartment, duplex	0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	55
Other single-attached house	0
Total number of private households by household size¹⁸	1,210
1 person	265
2 persons	445
3 persons	135
4 persons	120
5 persons	120
6 or more persons	120
Number of persons in private households	3,460
Average number of persons in private households	2.9
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	3,570
Single responses	3,560
English	3,385
French	30
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	95
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	0
Danish	0
Dutch	5
Estonian	0
Finnish	5
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	30
Greek	0
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	0
Hindi	0
Hungarian	5
Ilocano	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	5
Japanese	5
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	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.	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)	10
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	50
Multiple responses	10
English and French	0
English and non-official language	10
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	3,570
English only	3,450
French only	0
English and French	105
Neither English nor French	10
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	3,570
English	3,540
French	20
English and French	0
Neither English nor French	10
Official language minority (number)²³	20
Official language minority (percentage)²³	0.6
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	3,570
Single responses	3,555
English	3,510
French	15
Non-official languages	35
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	30
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	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	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)	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	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	15
English and French	0
English and non-official language	15
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	3,570
None	3,420
Single responses	140
English	20
French	10
Non-official languages	115
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	45
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	20
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	5
Somali	0
Spanish	10
Swahili	0
Swedish	0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	10
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	70
Multiple responses	5
English and French	0
English and non-official language	0
French and non-official language	5
English, French and non-official language	0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.