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Census Profile

Camrose, Alberta (City)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 17,286
Population in 20061 15,630 A
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 10.6
Total private dwellings2 7,945
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 7,460
Population density per square kilometre 406.7
Land area (square km) 42.50
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 17,285
0 to 4 years 1,040
5 to 9 years 890
10 to 14 years 875
15 to 19 years 1,120
15 years 195
16 years 220
17 years 220
18 years 245
19 years 235
20 to 24 years 1,330
25 to 29 years 1,230
30 to 34 years 1,000
35 to 39 years 910
40 to 44 years 1,035
45 to 49 years 1,195
50 to 54 years 1,215
55 to 59 years 1,115
60 to 64 years 1,015
65 to 69 years 835
70 to 74 years 770
75 to 79 years 645
80 to 84 years 570
85 years and over 490
Median age of the population5 41.2
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 14,480
Married or living with a common-law partner 8,325
Married (and not separated) 7,070
Living common law 1,255
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 6,155
Single (never legally married) 3,565
Separated 395
Divorced 1,030
Widowed 1,165
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 4,840
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,745
Size of census family: 3 persons 935
Size of census family: 4 persons 780
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 375
Total number of census families in private households8 4,835
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 4,070
Married couples 3,445
Without children at home 1,910
With children at home 1,535
1 child 605
2 children 615
3 or more children 310
Common-law couples 630
Without children at home 370
With children at home 255
1 child 130
2 children 85
3 or more children 40
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 765
Female parent 590
1 child 355
2 children 155
3 or more children 80
Male parent 175
1 child 115
2 children 45
3 or more children 20
Total children in census families in private households 4,480
Under six years of age 1,220
6 to 14 years 1,560
15 to 17 years 600
18 to 24 years 790
25 years and over 310
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 16,900
Number of persons not in census families 3,510
Living with relatives9 285
Living with non-relatives only 925
Living alone 2,300
Number of census family persons 13,385
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 3,025
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 1,090
Living with relatives9 40
Living with non-relatives only 45
Living alone 1,005
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,940
Total number of private households by household type10 7,460
Census-family households 4,770
One-family-only households11 4,450
Couple-family households12 3,815
Without children 2,145
With children 1,675
Lone-parent-family households 635
Other family households13 320
One-family households with persons not in a census family 255
Couple-family households14 165
Without children 80
With children 90
Lone-parent-family households 90
Two-or-more-family households 60
Non-census-family households 2,690
One-person households 2,300
Two-or-more-person households 390
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 7,460
Single-detached house 4,815
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 165
Other dwelling17 2,475
Semi-detached house 390
Row house 315
Apartment, duplex 315
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1,455
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 7,460
1 person 2,305
2 persons 2,820
3 persons 1,035
4 persons 825
5 persons 350
6 or more persons 125
Number of persons in private households 16,900
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,930
  Single responses  16,800
    English  15,425
    French  220
    Non-official languages  1,155
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 15
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  20
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 1,135
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  10
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  15
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  5
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  30
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  10
        Danish  30
        Dutch  60
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  5
        German  310
        Greek  10
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  10
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  5
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  5
        Italian  10
        Japanese  15
        Khmer (Cambodian)  5
        Korean  20
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  15
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  5
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  5
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  40
        Oromo  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  5
        Polish  20
        Portuguese  5
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  30
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  10
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  5
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  80
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  20
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  135
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  5
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  125
        Urdu  10
        Vietnamese  10
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          135
    English and French  25
    English and non-official language  95
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,930
  English only 16,320
  French only 0
  English and French 575
  Neither English nor French 30
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,930
  English 16,735
  French 160
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 30
Official language minority (number)23 165
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,930
  Single responses 16,800
    English 16,425
    French 20
    Non-official languages 355
      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 355
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 5
        Akan (Twi) 5
        Albanian 0
        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 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 25
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 10
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 60
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 5
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 10
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 5
        Italian 0
        Japanese 5
        Khmer (Cambodian) 5
        Korean 15
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 10
        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 0
        Portuguese 5
        Romanian 0
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 5
        Serbo-Croatian 5
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 5
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 0
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 40
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 90
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 10
        Urdu 5
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         130
    English and French 15
    English and non-official language 115
    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 16,930
  None 16,280
  Single responses  630
    English  155
    French  105
    Non-official languages  370
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  10
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 355
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        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  5
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  25
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  50
        Greek  10
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  5
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  5
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  5
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  10
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  10
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  15
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  5
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  55
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  40
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  35
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          15
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  15
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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