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Selected trend data for Alma (V) , 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses

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Selected trend data for Alma (Ville) , 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses
Subtopic	Census year
Subtopic	1996	2001	2006
Population
Total population count¹	30,383	30,126	29,998
Age and sex
% of the population aged 0 to 14 years	20.3	17.4	16.0
% of the population aged 15 to 64 years	69.7	69.9	68.4
% of the population aged 65 years and over	10.0	12.7	15.6
Median age²	35.7	39.4	43.1
Ratio of age groups 0 to 14 years to 65 years and over³	2.0	1.4	1.0
Marital status
% of the population aged 15 years and over who are single (never legally married)⁴	26.8	26.5	25.0
% of the population aged 15 years and over living in a couple (married or common-law)	60.9	60.1	60.7
Families and households
% of couples (married and common-law) with children (of any age)⁵	64.1	58.2	50.4
% of couples (married and common-law) with at least one child under 25 years of age	59.6	54.4	46.7
Total private households⁶	11,235	11,850	12,735
% of one-person households	21.2	24.2	28.3
% of households containing a couple with children⁷	38.6	33.9	27.8
% of households containing a couple without children⁸	25.7	28.4	31.5
Average household size	2.7	2.5	2.3
Median household income⁹	44,885	47,664	47,043
Median economic family income¹⁰	53,309	56,764	58,140
% of economic families receiving government transfers¹¹	96.0	90.0	90.8
% of economic family income from government transfers¹²	16.3	13.4	14.9
Median economic family government transfers¹³	6,167	5,408	7,341
Median income for persons 15 years and over not in economic families¹⁴	16,322	18,780	20,144
% of persons not in economic families in low income before tax¹⁵	49.1	42.4	39.6
% of economic families in low income before tax¹⁶	16.2	10.4	7.9
Housing and shelter costs
Total occupied private dwellings occupied by usual residents¹⁷	11,230	11,845	12,740
% of occupied private dwellings owned¹⁸	64.2	66.4	64.4
% of occupied private dwellings rented¹⁹	35.8	33.6	35.5
% of occupied private dwellings that are band housing²⁰	0.0	0.0	0.0
% of occupied private dwellings requiring major repair²¹	7.8	7.6	5.3
% of occupied private dwellings constructed in the last 10 years²²	16.3	12.2	13.4
% of occupied private dwellings with more than one person per room²³	0.4	0.2	0.2
Language
% of population whose mother tongue is English only²⁴	0.4	0.6	0.5
% of population whose mother tongue is French only²⁵	99.1	98.9	98.6
% of the population whose mother tongue is a non-official language only²⁶	0.2	0.2	0.8
% of the population who speak English and/or French most often at home²⁷	100.0	100.0	99.8
% of the population who only speak a non-official language most often at home²⁸	0.0	0.0	0.2
% of the population with knowledge of an official language²⁹	100.0	100.0	100.0
% of the population with knowledge of both official languages³⁰	11.8	15.6	14.4
Mobility and migration
% who lived at same address 5 years ago³¹	66.0	65.6	64.4
% who moved within the same census subdivision (CSD)	24.0	21.5	24.2
% who moved within the province from a different census subdivision (CSD)	9.7	12.3	11.0
% who moved from a different province/territory	0.2	0.2	0.1
% who lived outside Canada	0.0	0.3	0.2
Immigration and citizenship
% immigrants³²	0.4	0.8	0.7
% recent immigrants (arrived in last 5 years)³³	0.1	0.3	0.2
% Canadian citizens	99.9	99.8	99.8
Visible minorities
% visible minorities³⁴	0.3	0.3	0.7
Aboriginal peoples
% reporting Aboriginal identity³⁵	0.5	0.8	1.6
Labour
Employment rate³⁶	50.6	53.6	55.1
Employment rate for males³⁷	58.4	59.2	62.4
Employment rate for females³⁸	43.1	48.0	48.2
Participation rate³⁹	59.5	61.3	60.5
Participation rate for males⁴⁰	69.2	68.8	68.5
Participation rate for females⁴¹	50.0	54.1	52.8
Unemployment rate⁴²	14.9	12.7	8.8
Unemployment rate for males⁴³	15.6	13.8	8.9
Unemployment rate for females⁴⁴	13.8	11.4	8.6
% male full-year, full-time workers⁴⁵	36.1	38.0	39.6
% female full-year, full-time workers⁴⁶	18.3	20.8	22.0
Unpaid work
% of males reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work⁴⁷	86.5	88.5	89.2
% of females reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work⁴⁸	94.1	93.9	93.8
Place of work and commuting to work
% working at home⁴⁹	4.9	4.2	3.7
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as driver⁵⁰	82.0	82.9	84.0
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as passenger	6.2	5.3	5.6
Travel to work: % using public transit	0.3	0.7	0.1
Travel to work: % walking or biking	11.0	10.2	9.5
Income and earnings
Median total income for males⁵¹	31,400	33,121	32,495
Median total income for females⁵²	14,179	15,404	16,320
Median earnings for males working full year, full time⁵³	48,768	48,329	49,291
Median earnings for females working full year, full time⁵⁴	31,831	31,372	29,805
% of persons in low income before tax⁵⁵	18.7	13.8	11.9