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Census Profile

Colwood, British Columbia (City)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 16,093
Population in 20061 14,687
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 9.6
Total private dwellings2 6,395
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 6,096
Population density per square kilometre 911.2
Land area (square km) 17.66
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 16,095
0 to 4 years 975
5 to 9 years 925
10 to 14 years 980
15 to 19 years 1,075
15 years 245
16 years 190
17 years 215
18 years 210
19 years 215
20 to 24 years 850
25 to 29 years 1,015
30 to 34 years 1,140
35 to 39 years 1,065
40 to 44 years 1,230
45 to 49 years 1,350
50 to 54 years 1,305
55 to 59 years 1,140
60 to 64 years 970
65 to 69 years 760
70 to 74 years 495
75 to 79 years 365
80 to 84 years 255
85 years and over 205
Median age of the population5 40.1
% of the population aged 15 and over 82.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 13,215
Married or living with a common-law partner 8,620
Married (and not separated) 7,250
Living common law 1,370
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 4,600
Single (never legally married) 2,905
Separated 315
Divorced 820
Widowed 560
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 4,920
Size of census family: 2 persons 2,515
Size of census family: 3 persons 1,125
Size of census family: 4 persons 990
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 295
Total number of census families in private households8 4,920
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 4,275
Married couples 3,590
Without children at home 1,715
With children at home 1,875
1 child 775
2 children 855
3 or more children 255
Common-law couples 685
Without children at home 400
With children at home 285
1 child 145
2 children 100
3 or more children 40
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 645
Female parent 485
1 child 290
2 children 165
3 or more children 35
Male parent 165
1 child 110
2 children 50
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 4,720
Under six years of age 1,140
6 to 14 years 1,695
15 to 17 years 620
18 to 24 years 875
25 years and over 390
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 16,005
Number of persons not in census families 2,090
Living with relatives9 345
Living with non-relatives only 595
Living alone 1,145
Number of census family persons 13,915
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 2,025
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 565
Living with relatives9 125
Living with non-relatives only 35
Living alone 400
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 1,460
Total number of private households by household type10 6,095
Census-family households 4,750
One-family-only households11 4,200
Couple-family households12 3,715
Without children 1,805
With children 1,915
Lone-parent-family households 485
Other family households13 545
One-family households with persons not in a census family 375
Couple-family households14 295
Without children 130
With children 160
Lone-parent-family households 85
Two-or-more-family households 170
Non-census-family households 1,350
One-person households 1,140
Two-or-more-person households 205
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 6,095
Single-detached house 3,380
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 30
Movable dwelling16 10
Other dwelling17 2,680
Semi-detached house 720
Row house 460
Apartment, duplex 1,015
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 475
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 6,095
1 person 1,145
2 persons 2,270
3 persons 1,130
4 persons 1,050
5 persons 345
6 or more persons 160
Number of persons in private households 16,000
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,065
  Single responses  15,920
    English  14,450
    French  355
    Non-official languages  1,115
      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 1,095
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  5
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  5
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  45
        Chinese, n.o.s.  55
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  15
        Danish  20
        Dutch  85
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  15
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  180
        Greek  10
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  5
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  25
        Ilocano  5
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  45
        Japanese  25
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  40
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  20
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  10
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  25
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  25
        Polish  60
        Portuguese  60
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  30
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  5
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  0
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        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  0
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  80
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  10
        Ukrainian  25
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  20
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 20
  Multiple responses          140
    English and French  45
    English and non-official language  95
    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 16,065
  English only 14,775
  French only 20
  English and French 1,240
  Neither English nor French 30
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,060
  English 15,685
  French 335
  English and French 15
  Neither English nor French 25
Official language minority (number)23 340
Official language minority (percentage)23 2.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,060
  Single responses 15,870
    English 15,440
    French 145
    Non-official languages 285
      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 280
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 5
        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 10
        Chinese, n.o.s. 30
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 5
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 10
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 5
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 10
        Japanese 10
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 20
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 15
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 5
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 5
        Polish 10
        Portuguese 20
        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. 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 45
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 25
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 10
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses         195
    English and French 35
    English and non-official language 150
    French and non-official language 0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 16,065
  None 15,115
  Single responses  930
    English  215
    French  240
    Non-official languages  475
      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 455
        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  15
        Chinese, n.o.s.  15
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  5
        Czech  10
        Danish  5
        Dutch  25
        Estonian  5
        Finnish  10
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  65
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  15
        Japanese  20
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  15
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        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.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  15
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  15
        Polish  10
        Portuguese  25
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  15
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  5
        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  55
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  10
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  35
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  5
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 25
  Multiple responses          15
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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