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Irishtown-Summerside, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,428
Population in 20061 1,290
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 10.7
Total private dwellings2 571
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 547
Population density per square kilometre 120.1
Land area (square km) 11.89
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,425
0 to 4 years 65
5 to 9 years 80
10 to 14 years 85
15 to 19 years 85
15 years 15
16 years 20
17 years 20
18 years 15
19 years 15
20 to 24 years 65
25 to 29 years 65
30 to 34 years 70
35 to 39 years 105
40 to 44 years 120
45 to 49 years 105
50 to 54 years 130
55 to 59 years 120
60 to 64 years 125
65 to 69 years 85
70 to 74 years 45
75 to 79 years 35
80 to 84 years 25
85 years and over 10
Median age of the population5 43.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 1,200
Married or living with a common-law partner 810
Married (and not separated) 705
Living common law 110
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 390
Single (never legally married) 250
Separated 20
Divorced 50
Widowed 70
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 460
Size of census family: 2 persons 230
Size of census family: 3 persons 140
Size of census family: 4 persons 65
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 20
Total number of census families in private households8 460
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 405
Married couples 350
Without children at home 175
With children at home 175
1 child 100
2 children 60
3 or more children 15
Common-law couples 55
Without children at home 25
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 60
Female parent 45
1 child 20
2 children 25
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 410
Under six years of age 70
6 to 14 years 155
15 to 17 years 55
18 to 24 years 75
25 years and over 55
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,430
Number of persons not in census families 155
Living with relatives9 25
Living with non-relatives only 30
Living alone 95
Number of census family persons 1,275
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 205
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 60
Living with relatives9 15
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 40
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 145
Total number of private households by household type10 550
Census-family households 440
One-family-only households11 385
Couple-family households12 350
Without children 170
With children 175
Lone-parent-family households 35
Other family households13 55
One-family households with persons not in a census family 30
Couple-family households14 20
Without children 10
With children 15
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 110
One-person households 100
Two-or-more-person households 10
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 550
Single-detached house 525
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 5
Other dwelling17 20
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 15
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 0
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 545
1 person 95
2 persons 205
3 persons 120
4 persons 85
5 persons 20
6 or more persons 15
Number of persons in private households 1,430
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,430
  Single responses  1,425
    English  1,420
    French  5
    Non-official languages  5
      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 0
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        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  0
        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  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        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  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          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,430
  English only 1,395
  French only 0
  English and French 30
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,425
  English 1,430
  French 5
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 5
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,425
  Single responses 1,430
    English 1,425
    French 0
    Non-official languages 0
      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 0
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        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 0
        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 0
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        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 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         0
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 0
    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 1,425
  None 1,430
  Single responses  5
    English  0
    French  5
    Non-official languages  0
      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 0
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        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  0
        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  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        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  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          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.