Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census

Census subdivision of Middlesex Centre, TP - Ontario

In 2011, Middlesex Centre (Township) had a population of 16,487, representing a percentage change of 5.8% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.

Land area is 588.15 square kilometres with a population density of 28.0 persons per square kilometre. This compares to the provincial land area of 908,607.67 square kilometres with a population density of 14.1 persons per square kilometre.

In 2011, Middlesex Centre (Township) had 5,654 private dwellings occupied by usual residents. The change in private dwellings occupied by usual residents from 2006 was 8.0%. For Canada as a whole, the number of private dwellings occupied by usual residents increased 7.1%.

Middlesex Centre (Township) is part of the census metropolitan area of London.

Population and dwelling counts

Middlesex Centre (Township) – Neighbouring census subdivisions

Table 1 Middlesex Centre (Township) – Neighbouring census subdivisions, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
Southwold, Ont.	TP	4,494	4,724	-4.9
Strathroy-Caradoc, Ont.	TP	20,978	19,959 A	5.1
Oneida 41, Ont.	IRI	1,282	¶	¶
Thames Centre, Ont.	MU	13,000	13,085	-0.6
London, Ont.	CY	366,151	352,395	3.9
North Middlesex, Ont.	MU	6,658	6,740	-1.2
Adelaide-Metcalfe, Ont.	TP	3,028	3,135 A	-3.4
Lucan Biddulph, Ont.	TP	4,338	4,187	3.6

Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth

Table 2 Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the highest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
Milton	T	84,362	53,889 A	56.5
Whitchurch-Stouffville	T	37,628	24,390	54.3
Ajax	T	109,600	90,167	21.6
Brampton	CY	523,911	433,806	20.8
Vaughan	CY	288,301	238,866	20.7

Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth

Table 3 Ontario – Census subdivisions with 5,000-plus population with the lowest population growth, population change, 2006 to 2011

Census subdivision (CSD) name	CSD type	Population
		2011	2006	% change
Thunder Bay, Unorganized	NO	5,909	6,585	-10.3
Hearst	T	5,090	5,620	-9.4
Dryden	CY	7,617	8,195	-7.1
The Blue Mountains	T	6,453	6,825	-5.5

Age and sex

Middlesex Centre, TP – Age distribution

Table 4 Middlesex Centre, TP – Age distributions by broad age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
0 to 14	19.4%	19.4%	19.4%
15 to 64	65.7%	66.0%	65.4%
65 and over	14.9%	14.6%	15.2%

In 2011, the percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Middlesex Centre, TP was 14.9%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 65.7% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 19.4%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.

Middlesex Centre, TP – Population by broad age groups and sex

Table 5 Middlesex Centre, TP – Population by broad age groups, sex and population change between 2006 and 2011, 2006 to 2011 censuses

Broad age groups by sex	Population
	2011	2006	change	% change
Both sexes
Total	16,490	15,590	900	5.8
0 to 14	3,200	3,185	15	0.5
15 to 64	10,830	10,285	545	5.3
65 and over	2,465	2,120	345	16.3
Males
Total	8,215	7,830	385	4.9
0 to 14	1,595	1,645	-50	-3.0
15 to 64	5,420	5,200	220	4.2
65 and over	1,200	985	215	21.8
Females
Total	8,275	7,755	520	6.7
0 to 14	1,605	1,540	65	4.2
15 to 64	5,410	5,085	325	6.4
65 and over	1,260	1,135	125	11.0

Middlesex Centre, TP – Population by five-year age groups and sex

Table 6 Middlesex Centre, TP – Population by five-year age groups and sex, 2011 Census

Age groups	Both sexes	Males	Females
Total - Age groups	16,490	8,215	8,275
0 to 4 years	940	470	470
5 to 9 years	1,085	550	540
10 to 14 years	1,170	575	595
15 to 19 years	1,295	670	620
20 to 24 years	845	430	410
25 to 29 years	575	290	285
30 to 34 years	710	335	375
35 to 39 years	1,020	485	540
40 to 44 years	1,210	600	615
45 to 49 years	1,460	725	730
50 to 54 years	1,415	710	705
55 to 59 years	1,225	655	580
60 to 64 years	1,065	520	540
65 to 69 years	880	440	435
70 to 74 years	585	315	270
75 to 79 years	420	205	210
80 to 84 years	320	150	170
85 years and over	270	100	170
Median age	42.4	42.5	42.4

Middlesex Centre, TP – Median age¹ of the population

In 2011, the median age in Middlesex Centre, TP was 42.4 years. In comparison, the median age of Ontario was 40.4 years.

Table 7 Canada, Ontario and Middlesex Centre, TP – Median age, 2006 and 2011 censuses

	Median age
	2006	2011
Canada	39.5	40.6
Ontario	39.0	40.4
Middlesex Centre, TP	41.2	42.4

Families and households

Middlesex Centre – Family structure

Table 8 Canada, Ontario, CSD of Middlesex Centre, TP and neighbouring census subdivisions – Distribution of census families by family structure, 2011 Census

Geographic name	Total families	Married-couple families		Common-law-couple families		Lone-parent families		% change, census families, 2006 to 2011
		number	%	number	%	number	%
Canada †	9,389,695	6,293,950	67.0	1,567,905	16.7	1,527,840	16.3	5.5
Ontario †	3,612,205	2,612,890	72.3	394,670	10.9	604,645	16.7	5.5
Middlesex Centre, TP	4,910	4,175	85.0	375	7.6	360	7.3	9.1
Southwold, TP	1,355	1,100	81.2	140	10.3	115	8.5	-2.5
Strathroy-Caradoc, TP	6,065	4,600	75.8	630	10.4	830	13.7	3.6
Thames Centre, MU	3,950	3,255	82.4	370	9.4	335	8.5	1.4
London, CY	100,185	68,365	68.2	13,230	13.2	18,585	18.6	3.4
North Middlesex, MU	1,875	1,510	80.5	180	9.6	185	9.9	0.3
Adelaide-Metcalfe, TP	905	765	84.5	80	8.8	65	7.2	6.5
Lucan Biddulph, TP	1,295	1,035	79.9	145	11.2	115	8.9	5.3

Middlesex Centre – Presence of children within couple families

Presence of children within couple families

* Children aged 24 and under at home
Married couples with children *	2,160
Married couples without children *	2,015
Common-law-couples with children *	140
Common-law-couples without children *	240

Middlesex Centre – Marital status

Table 9 Canada, Ontario, Middlesex Centre, TP – Population 15 years and older by marital status, 2011 Census

Marital status	Middlesex Centre, TP		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Population 15 years and over	13,290	100.0	10,671,050	100.0	27,869,345	100.0
Married or living with a common-law partner	9,180	69.1	6,158,605	57.7	16,084,490	57.7
Married (and not separated)	8,430	63.4	5,367,400	50.3	12,941,965	46.4
Living common-law	750	5.6	791,210	7.4	3,142,525	11.3
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	4,110	30.9	4,512,440	42.3	11,784,855	42.3
Single (never legally married)	2,940	22.1	2,985,020	28.0	7,816,045	28.0
Separated	220	1.7	319,805	3.0	698,245	2.5
Divorced	360	2.7	593,730	5.6	1,686,035	6.0
Widowed	590	4.4	613,880	5.8	1,584,525	5.7

Middlesex Centre – Types of private households

There were 5,650 private households³ in Middlesex Centre in 2011, a change of 7.9% from 2006. Of these, 40.3% of households were comprised of couples with children aged 24 and under at home, a change of 4.1% compared with five years earlier.

Table 10 Canada, Ontario, Middlesex Centre, TP – Distribution of households by household type, 2011 Census

Household type4	Middlesex Centre, TP		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total private households	5,650	100.0	4,887,505	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Couple-family households with children aged 24 and under at home5	2,275	40.3	1,402,420	28.7	3,524,915	26.5
Couple-family households without children aged 24 and under at home6	2,180	38.6	1,408,120	28.8	3,935,540	29.5
Lone-parent family households7	330	5.8	535,825	11.0	1,375,450	10.3
One-person households	735	13.0	1,230,980	25.2	3,673,310	27.6
Multiple family households8	60	1.1	128,660	2.6	268,060	2.0
Other households9	70	1.2	181,500	3.7	543,340	4.1

Middlesex Centre – Structural type of dwelling

In Middlesex Centre, 94.3% of private households lived in single-detached houses and 0.0% lived in apartments in buildings that have five or more storeys. The rest lived in other types of dwelling structures.

Table 11 Canada, Ontario, Middlesex Centre, TP – Distribution of private households by structural type of dwelling, 2011 Census

Structural type of dwelling	Middlesex Centre, TP		Ontario		Canada
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Total - Structural type of dwelling	5,650	100.0	4,887,510	100.0	13,320,615	100.0
Single-detached house	5,330	94.3	2,718,880	55.6	7,329,150	55.0
Semi-detached house	80	1.4	279,470	5.7	646,240	4.9
Row house	125	2.2	415,230	8.5	791,600	5.9
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0	0.0	789,975	16.2	1,234,770	9.3
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	90	1.6	498,160	10.2	2,397,555	18.0
Apartment, duplex	20	0.4	160,460	3.3	704,485	5.3
Other single-attached house10	5	0.1	9,535	0.2	33,310	0.3
Movable dwelling11	0	0.0	15,795	0.3	183,510	1.4

Language

Middlesex Centre, TP – Mother tongue

In Middlesex Centre, 90.1% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 0.9% reported French only, and 8.4% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 68.2% for English only, 3.9% for French only and 25.7% for only non-official languages.

In 2011, 97.3% of the population spoke only English most often at home, 0.3% spoke only French and 1.5% spoke only a non-official language. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 79.0% for only English, 2.2% for only French and 14.4% for only a non-official language.

Table 12 Middlesex Centre, TP – Mother tongue and language spoken most often at home, 2011 Census

Selected languages	Mother tongue		Language spoken most often at home
	number	%	number	%
Total	16,160	100.0	16,165	100.0
English	14,565	90.1	15,730	97.3
French	145	0.9	50	0.3
Non-official language	1,350	8.4	250	1.5
Multiple responses	100	0.6	130	0.8

Table 13 Middlesex Centre, TP – Mother-tongue retention, 2011 Census

Mother tongue	Mother-tongue retention12 (in percentage)
	Total retention; language spoken at home at least on a regular basis	Complete retention; language spoken most often at home	Partial retention; language spoken at home on a regular basis
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
English	99.9	99.8	0.1
French	51.4	24.3	27.0
Non-official language	55.8	23.9	31.9

Middlesex Centre, TP – Non-official languages

In Middlesex Centre, the three most common mother tongues were Dutch (2.3%), German (1.2%) and Polish (0.9%), in 2011. In comparison, the most common mother tongues at the provincial / territorial level were Italian (2.1%), Chinese, n.o.s. (1.6%) and Cantonese (1.5%).

Table 14 Middlesex Centre, TP – The most common non-official-language mother tongues, 2011 Census

Mother tongue	Number	Percentage of non-official language mother-tongue population	Percentage of total population
Note: Counts for mother tongue and home language include single response of a language as well as multiple responses of a language with English and/or French.
Dutch	375	26.3	2.3
German	190	13.3	1.2
Polish	150	10.5	0.9
Portuguese	120	8.4	0.7
Italian	105	7.4	0.6

Middlesex Centre, TP – Bilingualism

Table 15 Middlesex Centre, TP – Rate of English-French bilingualism by mother tongue and age groups, 2011 Census

Age groups	Mother tongue
	Total	English	French	Non-official language
Note: Counts for mother tongue include single responses only. Consequently, the total excludes multiple responses.
Total	6.1	5.3	90.0	5.2
0 to 19	8.8	8.4	100.0	5.3
20 to 44	6.6	5.8	100.0	6.8
45 to 64	4.6	3.3	100.0	5.7
65 and over	2.9	1.7	100.0	3.5

Table 16 Middlesex Centre, TP – Knowledge of official languages, 2011 Census

Knowledge of official languages	Number	Percentage
Total	16,160	100.0
English only	15,145	93.7
French only	0	0.0
English and French	1,000	6.2
Neither English nor French	20	0.1

Symbols:

Note(s):

1. Median age: Age 'x' that divides a population in two groups of the same population size, one group being older than age 'x' and the other group being younger than age 'x'.
2. Census family: Refers to a married couple (with or without children), a common-law couple (with or without children) or a lone parent family.
3. Household, private: Refers to a person or a group of persons (other than foreign residents) who occupy a private dwelling and do not have a usual place of residence elsewhere in Canada.
4. Household type: Refers to the basic division of private households into family and non-family households. Family household refers to a household that contains at least one census family, that is, a married couple with or without children, or a couple living in common-law with or without children or a lone parent living with one or more children.
5. Couple-family households with children: Refers to couple households with at least one child aged 24 and under.
6. Couple-family households without children: Refers to couple households without children aged 24 and under. Includes couple households with all children aged 25 and over.
7. Lone-parent-family households: Refers to all lone-parent family households regardless of age of children.
8. Multiple-family households: Refers to a household in which two or more census families (with or without additional persons) occupy the same private dwelling.
9. Other households: Refers to two or more people who share a private dwelling, but who do not constitute a census family.
10. Other single-attached house: A single dwelling that is attached to another building and that does not fall into any of the other categories, such as a single dwelling attached to a non-residential structure (e.g., a store or a church) or occasionally to another residential structure (e.g., an apartment building).
11. Movable dwelling includes mobile homes and other movable dwellings such as houseboats and railroad cars.
12. Mother-tongue retention: Retention refers to the situation where people speak their mother tongue at home. Retention is defined as 'complete' when the mother tongue is the language spoken most often and 'partial' when it is spoken on a regular basis but not most often. The (complete or partial) retention rate refers to the proportion of the population with a given mother tongue that speaks that language at home most often or on a regular basis. The retention rate provides an indication of a group's linguistic vitality, particularly the importance of transmitting languages between generations.

Source:

Statistics Canada. 2012. Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-310-XWE2011004. Ottawa, Ontario. Analytical products, 2011 Census. Last updated October 24, 2012.