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Census Profile

Alberton, Prince Edward Island (Town)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 1,135
Population in 20061 1,081
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 5.0
Total private dwellings2 495
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 465
Population density per square kilometre 252.1
Land area (square km) 4.50
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 1,135
0 to 4 years 65
5 to 9 years 55
10 to 14 years 65
15 to 19 years 65
15 years 10
16 years 10
17 years 15
18 years 25
19 years 10
20 to 24 years 65
25 to 29 years 45
30 to 34 years 50
35 to 39 years 65
40 to 44 years 70
45 to 49 years 60
50 to 54 years 75
55 to 59 years 60
60 to 64 years 95
65 to 69 years 80
70 to 74 years 80
75 to 79 years 45
80 to 84 years 35
85 years and over 50
Median age of the population5 46.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 84.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 960
Married or living with a common-law partner 505
Married (and not separated) 450
Living common law 60
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 450
Single (never legally married) 225
Separated 45
Divorced 60
Widowed 125
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 315
Size of census family: 2 persons 170
Size of census family: 3 persons 75
Size of census family: 4 persons 50
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 20
Total number of census families in private households8 315
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 245
Married couples 215
Without children at home 110
With children at home 100
1 child 50
2 children 35
3 or more children 15
Common-law couples 25
Without children at home 15
With children at home 20
1 child 5
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 70
Female parent 60
1 child 35
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Male parent 10
1 child 10
2 children 5
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 310
Under six years of age 70
6 to 14 years 105
15 to 17 years 35
18 to 24 years 65
25 years and over 30
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 1,040
Number of persons not in census families 180
Living with relatives9 15
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 145
Number of census family persons 865
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 225
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 85
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 70
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 145
Total number of private households by household type10 465
Census-family households 310
One-family-only households11 295
Couple-family households12 235
Without children 125
With children 115
Lone-parent-family households 60
Other family households13 15
One-family households with persons not in a census family 15
Couple-family households14 5
Without children 0
With children 0
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 155
One-person households 145
Two-or-more-person households 10
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 465
Single-detached house 275
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 190
Semi-detached house 30
Row house 90
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 60
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 465
1 person 145
2 persons 170
3 persons 75
4 persons 55
5 persons 20
6 or more persons 5
Number of persons in private households 1,045
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,055
  Single responses  1,050
    English  1,000
    French  35
    Non-official languages  15
      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 15
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  15
        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  5
        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          5
    English and French  5
    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 1,055
  English only 975
  French only 0
  English and French 80
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,055
  English 1,030
  French 30
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 30
Official language minority (percentage)23 2.8
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 1,055
  Single responses 1,050
    English 1,025
    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 10
        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 1,055
  None 1,020
  Single responses  35
    English  10
    French  15
    Non-official languages  15
      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  5
        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.  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.

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