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Central Kootenay K, British Columbia (Regional district electoral area)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,759
Population in 20061 1,800
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -2.3
Total private dwellings2 1,147
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 826
Population density per square kilometre 0.4
Land area (square km) 4,380.24
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,760
0 to 4 years 50
5 to 9 years 60
10 to 14 years 65
15 to 19 years 95
15 years 25
16 years 20
17 years 15
18 years 20
19 years 15
20 to 24 years 40
25 to 29 years 45
30 to 34 years 60
35 to 39 years 55
40 to 44 years 100
45 to 49 years 135
50 to 54 years 160
55 to 59 years 250
60 to 64 years 235
65 to 69 years 165
70 to 74 years 105
75 to 79 years 60
80 to 84 years 50
85 years and over 20
Median age of the population5 55.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 89.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,580
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,090
Married (and not separated) 890
Living common law 205
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 490
Single (never legally married) 265
Separated 40
Divorced 100
Widowed 85
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 590
Size of census family: 2 persons 435
Size of census family: 3 persons 70
Size of census family: 4 persons 60
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 25
Total number of census families in private households8 590
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 540
Married couples 440
Without children at home 325
With children at home 120
1 child 45
2 children 55
3 or more children 20
Common-law couples 100
Without children at home 70
With children at home 30
1 child 15
2 children 5
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 55
Female parent 40
1 child 30
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Male parent 15
1 child 10
2 children 0
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 335
Under six years of age 65
6 to 14 years 110
15 to 17 years 55
18 to 24 years 60
25 years and over 40
Average number of children at home per census family 0.6
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,750
Number of persons not in census families 285
Living with relatives9 20
Living with non-relatives only 50
Living alone 215
Number of census family persons 1,465
Average number of persons per census family 2.5
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 395
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 90
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 75
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 300
Total number of private households by household type10 825
Census-family households 590
One-family-only households11 570
Couple-family households12 525
Without children 385
With children 140
Lone-parent-family households 40
Other family households13 20
One-family households with persons not in a census family 20
Couple-family households14 10
Without children 5
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 240
One-person households 215
Two-or-more-person households 25
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 825
Single-detached house 715
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 95
Other dwelling17 15
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 10
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 5
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 825
1 person 220
2 persons 445
3 persons 70
4 persons 70
5 persons 20
6 or more persons 10
Number of persons in private households 1,750
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,760
  Single responses  1,750
    English  1,560
    French  25
    Non-official languages  160
      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 160
        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  5
        Danish  5
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  95
        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  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  5
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  10
        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  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          10
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  5
    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 1,760
  English only 1,680
  French only 0
  English and French 75
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,760
  English 1,735
  French 20
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 20
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,755
  Single responses 1,745
    English 1,695
    French 5
    Non-official languages 45
      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 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 40
        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 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 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         10
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 10
    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 1,760
  None 1,670
  Single responses  85
    English  20
    French  10
    Non-official languages  50
      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 50
        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  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  25
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        Japanese  5
        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  5
        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.  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          5
    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.