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Census Profile

Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 3,008
Population in 20061 3,052
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -1.4
Total private dwellings2 1,326
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,257
Population density per square kilometre 199.9
Land area (square km) 15.05
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 3,010
0 to 4 years 105
5 to 9 years 130
10 to 14 years 155
15 to 19 years 180
15 years 40
16 years 40
17 years 35
18 years 40
19 years 30
20 to 24 years 85
25 to 29 years 90
30 to 34 years 125
35 to 39 years 170
40 to 44 years 210
45 to 49 years 245
50 to 54 years 235
55 to 59 years 275
60 to 64 years 295
65 to 69 years 230
70 to 74 years 165
75 to 79 years 135
80 to 84 years 85
85 years and over 105
Median age of the population5 50.5
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,625
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,730
Married (and not separated) 1,540
Living common law 190
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 895
Single (never legally married) 480
Separated 55
Divorced 110
Widowed 255
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 955
Size of census family: 2 persons 575
Size of census family: 3 persons 215
Size of census family: 4 persons 130
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 40
Total number of census families in private households8 955
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 840
Married couples 745
Without children at home 450
With children at home 295
1 child 160
2 children 110
3 or more children 25
Common-law couples 95
Without children at home 40
With children at home 55
1 child 20
2 children 20
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 115
Female parent 100
1 child 65
2 children 30
3 or more children 10
Male parent 15
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 715
Under six years of age 125
6 to 14 years 255
15 to 17 years 115
18 to 24 years 120
25 years and over 105
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,895
Number of persons not in census families 380
Living with relatives9 45
Living with non-relatives only 45
Living alone 295
Number of census family persons 2,515
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 610
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 160
Living with relatives9 20
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 135
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 450
Total number of private households by household type10 1,255
Census-family households 940
One-family-only households11 890
Couple-family households12 785
Without children 465
With children 320
Lone-parent-family households 105
Other family households13 50
One-family households with persons not in a census family 35
Couple-family households14 30
Without children 15
With children 15
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 15
Non-census-family households 315
One-person households 290
Two-or-more-person households 25
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,260
Single-detached house 1,035
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 20
Other dwelling17 200
Semi-detached house 55
Row house 20
Apartment, duplex 40
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 85
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 1,255
1 person 295
2 persons 555
3 persons 220
4 persons 135
5 persons 45
6 or more persons 15
Number of persons in private households 2,895
Average number of persons in private households 2.3
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,935
  Single responses  2,930
    English  2,905
    French  15
    Non-official languages  10
      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  5
        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.  5
        Norwegian  5
        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          10
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,935
  English only 2,910
  French only 0
  English and French 25
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,935
  English 2,930
  French 5
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 10
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.3
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,935
  Single responses 2,930
    English 2,900
    French 20
    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         5
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 5
    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 2,935
  None 2,920
  Single responses  15
    English  5
    French  5
    Non-official languages  10
      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  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          5
    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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