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Census Profile

Powell River B, British Columbia (Regional district electoral area)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,488
Population in 20061 1,489
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -0.1
Total private dwellings2 831
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 675
Population density per square kilometre 11.5
Land area (square km) 128.87
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,490
0 to 4 years 55
5 to 9 years 55
10 to 14 years 60
15 to 19 years 95
15 years 10
16 years 15
17 years 20
18 years 15
19 years 25
20 to 24 years 65
25 to 29 years 55
30 to 34 years 50
35 to 39 years 75
40 to 44 years 65
45 to 49 years 110
50 to 54 years 170
55 to 59 years 155
60 to 64 years 170
65 to 69 years 125
70 to 74 years 80
75 to 79 years 60
80 to 84 years 25
85 years and over 15
Median age of the population5 51.7
% of the population aged 15 and over 88.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,320
Married or living with a common-law partner 855
Married (and not separated) 705
Living common law 155
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 460
Single (never legally married) 255
Separated 25
Divorced 120
Widowed 60
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 480
Size of census family: 2 persons 310
Size of census family: 3 persons 80
Size of census family: 4 persons 60
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 25
Total number of census families in private households8 475
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 425
Married couples 350
Without children at home 235
With children at home 110
1 child 45
2 children 45
3 or more children 20
Common-law couples 80
Without children at home 45
With children at home 30
1 child 15
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 50
Female parent 40
1 child 20
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Male parent 15
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 335
Under six years of age 65
6 to 14 years 105
15 to 17 years 50
18 to 24 years 85
25 years and over 35
Average number of children at home per census family 0.7
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,470
Number of persons not in census families 230
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 35
Living alone 190
Number of census family persons 1,240
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 300
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 80
Living with relatives9 0
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 70
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 225
Total number of private households by household type10 675
Census-family households 475
One-family-only households11 455
Couple-family households12 405
Without children 275
With children 135
Lone-parent-family households 45
Other family households13 20
One-family households with persons not in a census family 15
Couple-family households14 5
Without children 5
With children 0
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 205
One-person households 195
Two-or-more-person households 10
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 675
Single-detached house 610
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 40
Other dwelling17 25
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 10
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 675
1 person 190
2 persons 305
3 persons 90
4 persons 60
5 persons 25
6 or more persons 5
Number of persons in private households 1,470
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,490
  Single responses  1,480
    English  1,330
    French  40
    Non-official languages  105
      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 100
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  15
        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  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  5
        Dutch  15
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  15
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  15
        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)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  5
        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  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          10
    English and French  0
    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 1,485
  English only 1,410
  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 1,485
  English 1,450
  French 30
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 35
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 1,490
  Single responses 1,475
    English 1,440
    French 10
    Non-official languages 30
      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 25
        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 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 0
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 5
        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 5
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 5
        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         15
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 15
    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 1,485
  None 1,415
  Single responses  70
    English  20
    French  20
    Non-official languages  30
      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 30
        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  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  10
        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  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)  5
        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  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 0
  Multiple responses          5
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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