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Census Profile

Westlock County, Alberta (Municipal district)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 7,644
Population in 20061 6,910
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 10.6
Total private dwellings2 2,925
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,696
Population density per square kilometre 2.4
Land area (square km) 3,170.71
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 7,645
0 to 4 years 480
5 to 9 years 580
10 to 14 years 570
15 to 19 years 510
15 years 120
16 years 115
17 years 105
18 years 75
19 years 95
20 to 24 years 325
25 to 29 years 355
30 to 34 years 435
35 to 39 years 440
40 to 44 years 490
45 to 49 years 545
50 to 54 years 620
55 to 59 years 610
60 to 64 years 555
65 to 69 years 440
70 to 74 years 315
75 to 79 years 220
80 to 84 years 110
85 years and over 55
Median age of the population5 41.4
% of the population aged 15 and over 78.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 6,015
Married or living with a common-law partner 4,155
Married (and not separated) 3,715
Living common law 440
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,855
Single (never legally married) 1,225
Separated 130
Divorced 295
Widowed 205
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 2,215
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,205
Size of census family: 3 persons 365
Size of census family: 4 persons 355
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 295
Total number of census families in private households8 2,215
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,990
Married couples 1,770
Without children at home 930
With children at home 835
1 child 270
2 children 310
3 or more children 255
Common-law couples 220
Without children at home 130
With children at home 85
1 child 35
2 children 30
3 or more children 25
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 225
Female parent 155
1 child 90
2 children 45
3 or more children 15
Male parent 75
1 child 45
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total children in census families in private households 2,315
Under six years of age 505
6 to 14 years 960
15 to 17 years 305
18 to 24 years 340
25 years and over 200
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 7,275
Number of persons not in census families 760
Living with relatives9 150
Living with non-relatives only 150
Living alone 460
Number of census family persons 6,520
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,120
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 230
Living with relatives9 40
Living with non-relatives only 20
Living alone 170
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 890
Total number of private households by household type10 2,695
Census-family households 2,175
One-family-only households11 2,015
Couple-family households12 1,865
Without children 1,005
With children 865
Lone-parent-family households 145
Other family households13 160
One-family households with persons not in a census family 120
Couple-family households14 70
Without children 35
With children 45
Lone-parent-family households 50
Two-or-more-family households 40
Non-census-family households 520
One-person households 460
Two-or-more-person households 65
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,695
Single-detached house 2,375
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 5
Movable dwelling16 300
Other dwelling17 20
Semi-detached house 10
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 0
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 2,695
1 person 455
2 persons 1,150
3 persons 370
4 persons 370
5 persons 220
6 or more persons 125
Number of persons in private households 7,275
Average number of persons in private households 2.7
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,645
  Single responses  7,600
    English  6,555
    French  255
    Non-official languages  790
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 15
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  15
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 770
        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  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  5
        Croatian  0
        Czech  5
        Danish  5
        Dutch  85
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  490
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  5
        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  5
        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  35
        Portuguese  5
        Romanian  5
        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  5
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  30
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  75
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          45
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  30
    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 7,640
  English only 7,175
  French only 0
  English and French 430
  Neither English nor French 35
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,645
  English 7,430
  French 180
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 35
Official language minority (number)23 185
Official language minority (percentage)23 2.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,640
  Single responses 7,590
    English 7,150
    French 40
    Non-official languages 405
      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 400
        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. 0
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 20
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 5
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 335
        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 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 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 20
        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         50
    English and French 10
    English and non-official language 40
    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 7,645
  None 7,070
  Single responses  570
    English  345
    French  85
    Non-official languages  140
      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 140
        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  5
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  15
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  70
        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  5
        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  0
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  20
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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