Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Cumberland, County (CD) - Nova Scotia
Data quality- In 2016, 17.0% of adults aged 15 and over living in private dwellings lived alone, 59.7% lived in a couple and 6.2% lived as a lone parent.
- 80.6% of persons living in a couple were married in 2016, while 19.4% were living common law.
- In 2016, the proportion of young adults aged 20 to 34 living with at least one parent was 32.8% compared to 33.5% in 2011.
- In 2016, there were 50 same-sex couples.
- In 2016, among couple census families 63.7% were families without children and 36.2% were families with children.
Proportion of households by household type, Cumberland, 2006 to 2016
Household type | 2006 (%) | 2011 (%) | 2016 (%) |
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Total households | 100 | 100 | 100 |
One-census-family households without additional persons | 64.8 | 62.8 | 61.9 |
A couple census family without children | 31.9 | 32.4 | 33.6 |
A couple census family with children | 23.8 | 20.9 | 18.9 |
A lone-parent census family | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
Multigenerational households | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Other census-family households | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
Non-census-family households of two or more persons | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
One-person households | 27.8 | 30.2 | 31.6 |
Marital status, Cumberland, 2016
In Cumberland, 58.7% of the total population aged 15 and over were either married (47.5%) or living with a common-law partner (11.2%).
The remaining 41.3% were not married and not living with a common-law partner, including those who were single (never-married), separated, divorced or widowed.
Note: Percentages may not total 100 percent due to random rounding.
Figure 1.4 description #linktitletext# 1.4 Marital status, Cumberland, 2016
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Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.
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