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Richmond, British Columbia (City)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 ...
Population in 20061 ...
2006 to 2011 population change (%) ...
Total private dwellings2 ...
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 ...
Population density per square kilometre ...
Land area (square km) ...
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 99,230
0 to 4 years 4,125
5 to 9 years 4,255
10 to 14 years 4,995
15 to 19 years 6,015
15 years 1,160
16 years 1,145
17 years 1,230
18 years 1,240
19 years 1,235
20 to 24 years 6,580
25 to 29 years 6,430
30 to 34 years 5,765
35 to 39 years 6,525
40 to 44 years 8,085
45 to 49 years 8,985
50 to 54 years 8,865
55 to 59 years 7,820
60 to 64 years 6,565
65 to 69 years 4,190
70 to 74 years 3,285
75 to 79 years 2,665
80 to 84 years 2,030
85 years and over 2,050
Median age of the population5 43.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 86.5
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 85,860
Married or living with a common-law partner 49,135
Married (and not separated) 45,905
Living common law 3,235
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 36,720
Single (never legally married) 22,360
Separated 2,090
Divorced 6,000
Widowed 6,270
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 ...
Size of census family: 2 persons ...
Size of census family: 3 persons ...
Size of census family: 4 persons ...
Size of census family: 5 or more persons ...
Total number of census families in private households8 ...
Total couple families by family structure and number of children ...
Married couples ...
Without children at home ...
With children at home ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Common-law couples ...
Without children at home ...
With children at home ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children ...
Female parent ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Male parent ...
1 child ...
2 children ...
3 or more children ...
Total children in census families in private households ...
Under six years of age ...
6 to 14 years ...
15 to 17 years ...
18 to 24 years ...
25 years and over ...
Average number of children at home per census family ...
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 98,450
Number of persons not in census families 14,670
Living with relatives9 3,790
Living with non-relatives only 2,520
Living alone 8,360
Number of census family persons 83,785
Average number of persons per census family ...
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 13,560
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 5,455
Living with relatives9 1,800
Living with non-relatives only 205
Living alone 3,450
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 8,105
Total number of private households by household type10 ...
Census-family households ...
One-family-only households11 ...
Couple-family households12 ...
Without children ...
With children ...
Lone-parent-family households ...
Other family households13 ...
One-family households with persons not in a census family ...
Couple-family households14 ...
Without children ...
With children ...
Lone-parent-family households ...
Two-or-more-family households ...
Non-census-family households ...
One-person households ...
Two-or-more-person households ...
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 ...
Single-detached house ...
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys ...
Movable dwelling16 ...
Other dwelling17 ...
Semi-detached house ...
Row house ...
Apartment, duplex ...
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys ...
Other single-attached house ...
Total number of private households by household size18 ...
1 person ...
2 persons ...
3 persons ...
4 persons ...
5 persons ...
6 or more persons ...
Number of persons in private households ...
Average number of persons in private households ...
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 98,765
  Single responses  95,455
    English  34,465
    French  570
    Non-official languages  60,415
      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 60,155
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  20
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  15
        Amharic  25
        Arabic  445
        Armenian  35
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  10
        Bengali  50
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  205
        Bosnian  20
        Bulgarian  20
        Burmese  55
        Cantonese  16,090
        Chinese, n.o.s.  13,240
        Creoles  20
        Croatian  135
        Czech  80
        Danish  65
        Dutch  230
        Estonian  10
        Finnish  50
        Flemish  10
        Fukien  375
        German  805
        Greek  135
        Gujarati  320
        Hakka  110
        Hebrew  135
        Hindi  585
        Hungarian  115
        Ilocano  155
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  20
        Italian  165
        Japanese  1,270
        Khmer (Cambodian)  5
        Korean  510
        Kurdish  10
        Lao  10
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  10
        Malay  185
        Malayalam  75
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  11,100
        Marathi  15
        Nepali  15
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  10
        Norwegian  15
        Oromo  10
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  2,945
        Pashto  10
        Persian (Farsi)  625
        Polish  220
        Portuguese  165
        Romanian  145
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  1,120
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  30
        Serbian  95
        Serbo-Croatian  25
        Shanghainese  200
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  15
        Sindhi  135
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  30
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  10
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  5
        Slovak  45
        Slovenian  10
        Somali  55
        Spanish  1,020
        Swahili  20
        Swedish  25
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  4,190
        Taiwanese  555
        Tamil  110
        Telugu  15
        Thai  100
        Tibetan languages  5
        Tigrigna  15
        Turkish  160
        Ukrainian  185
        Urdu  420
        Vietnamese  435
        Yiddish  20
      Other languages22 255
  Multiple responses          3,305
    English and French  115
    English and non-official language  3,035
    French and non-official language  90
    English, French and non-official language 70
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 98,765
  English only 81,740
  French only 40
  English and French 5,495
  Neither English nor French 11,485
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 98,765
  English 86,065
  French 605
  English and French 755
  Neither English nor French 11,340
Official language minority (number)23 980
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 98,765
  Single responses 90,855
    English 47,590
    French 195
    Non-official languages 43,075
      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 43,000
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 5
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 10
        Amharic 10
        Arabic 315
        Armenian 15
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 40
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 60
        Bosnian 10
        Bulgarian 5
        Burmese 40
        Cantonese 14,330
        Chinese, n.o.s. 9,510
        Creoles 15
        Croatian 45
        Czech 35
        Danish 0
        Dutch 25
        Estonian 5
        Finnish 10
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 155
        German 95
        Greek 50
        Gujarati 165
        Hakka 40
        Hebrew 85
        Hindi 245
        Hungarian 30
        Ilocano 45
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 10
        Italian 30
        Japanese 660
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 325
        Kurdish 5
        Lao 0
        Latvian 5
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 5
        Malay 70
        Malayalam 20
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 9,515
        Marathi 10
        Nepali 10
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 5
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 20
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,870
        Pashto 5
        Persian (Farsi) 400
        Polish 75
        Portuguese 65
        Romanian 75
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 760
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 20
        Serbian 75
        Serbo-Croatian 10
        Shanghainese 70
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 15
        Sindhi 55
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 10
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 10
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 35
        Spanish 510
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 1,830
        Taiwanese 300
        Tamil 60
        Telugu 5
        Thai 35
        Tibetan languages 5
        Tigrigna 10
        Turkish 120
        Ukrainian 40
        Urdu 240
        Vietnamese 210
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 70
  Multiple responses         7,910
    English and French 95
    English and non-official language 7,680
    French and non-official language 45
    English, French and non-official language 90
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 98,765
  None 70,150
  Single responses  28,045
    English  13,895
    French  565
    Non-official languages  13,590
      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 13,490
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  15
        Akan (Twi)  5
        Albanian  5
        Amharic  10
        Arabic  110
        Armenian  10
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  5
        Bengali  15
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  5
        Bisayan languages  40
        Bosnian  10
        Bulgarian  10
        Burmese  15
        Cantonese  2,695
        Chinese, n.o.s.  1,745
        Creoles  15
        Croatian  50
        Czech  25
        Danish  25
        Dutch  95
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  20
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  135
        German  275
        Greek  100
        Gujarati  155
        Hakka  30
        Hebrew  65
        Hindi  355
        Hungarian  30
        Ilocano  30
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  5
        Italian  60
        Japanese  415
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  115
        Kurdish  10
        Lao  5
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  60
        Malayalam  30
        Maltese  5
        Mandarin  1,890
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  10
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  10
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  960
        Pashto  5
        Persian (Farsi)  115
        Polish  80
        Portuguese  65
        Romanian  45
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  240
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  5
        Serbian  25
        Serbo-Croatian  10
        Shanghainese  85
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  10
        Sindhi  70
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  20
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  5
        Slovak  10
        Slovenian  5
        Somali  40
        Spanish  405
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  15
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  1,795
        Taiwanese  290
        Tamil  40
        Telugu  5
        Thai  40
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  5
        Turkish  40
        Ukrainian  40
        Urdu  155
        Vietnamese  130
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 95
  Multiple responses          570
    English and French  45
    English and non-official language  370
    French and non-official language  145
    English, French and non-official language  5

Source: 2011 Census of Population.