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Census Profile

Bishop's Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 3,341
Population in 20061 3,399
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -1.7
Total private dwellings2 1,435
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,381
Population density per square kilometre 118.8
Land area (square km) 28.12
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 3,340
0 to 4 years 120
5 to 9 years 145
10 to 14 years 170
15 to 19 years 190
15 years 45
16 years 40
17 years 30
18 years 25
19 years 50
20 to 24 years 180
25 to 29 years 135
30 to 34 years 140
35 to 39 years 190
40 to 44 years 220
45 to 49 years 285
50 to 54 years 330
55 to 59 years 325
60 to 64 years 280
65 to 69 years 205
70 to 74 years 170
75 to 79 years 140
80 to 84 years 75
85 years and over 35
Median age of the population5 48.2
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.0
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,905
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,930
Married (and not separated) 1,715
Living common law 215
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 970
Single (never legally married) 595
Separated 65
Divorced 125
Widowed 185
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,135
Size of census family: 2 persons 680
Size of census family: 3 persons 250
Size of census family: 4 persons 160
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 40
Total number of census families in private households8 1,130
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 955
Married couples 850
Without children at home 505
With children at home 345
1 child 180
2 children 135
3 or more children 25
Common-law couples 110
Without children at home 60
With children at home 45
1 child 20
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 175
Female parent 135
1 child 85
2 children 35
3 or more children 10
Male parent 40
1 child 30
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 870
Under six years of age 150
6 to 14 years 285
15 to 17 years 110
18 to 24 years 205
25 years and over 120
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 3,320
Number of persons not in census families 360
Living with relatives9 65
Living with non-relatives only 35
Living alone 260
Number of census family persons 2,965
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 620
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 160
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 120
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 465
Total number of private households by household type10 1,380
Census-family households 1,105
One-family-only households11 1,025
Couple-family households12 880
Without children 525
With children 360
Lone-parent-family households 140
Other family households13 80
One-family households with persons not in a census family 55
Couple-family households14 35
Without children 15
With children 20
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 30
Non-census-family households 280
One-person households 260
Two-or-more-person households 20
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,380
Single-detached house 1,075
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 70
Other dwelling17 235
Semi-detached house 115
Row house 40
Apartment, duplex 40
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 35
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 1,385
1 person 260
2 persons 630
3 persons 250
4 persons 170
5 persons 55
6 or more persons 15
Number of persons in private households 3,320
Average number of persons in private households 2.4
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,340
  Single responses  3,335
    English  3,320
    French  10
    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 10
        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  5
        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  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  0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,335
  English only 3,285
  French only 0
  English and French 55
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,335
  English 3,330
  French 5
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 5
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 3,335
  Single responses 3,335
    English 3,320
    French 15
    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 5
        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 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         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 3,335
  None 3,315
  Single responses  20
    English  0
    French  15
    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 5
        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.  5
        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.

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