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Census Profile

Cumberland, Subd. C, Nova Scotia (Subdivision of county municipality)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 5,325
Population in 20061 5,525
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -3.6
Total private dwellings2 3,959
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,214
Population density per square kilometre 5.9
Land area (square km) 897.75
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 5,325
0 to 4 years 180
5 to 9 years 235
10 to 14 years 280
15 to 19 years 355
15 years 55
16 years 65
17 years 85
18 years 75
19 years 70
20 to 24 years 215
25 to 29 years 170
30 to 34 years 195
35 to 39 years 315
40 to 44 years 355
45 to 49 years 430
50 to 54 years 480
55 to 59 years 545
60 to 64 years 510
65 to 69 years 335
70 to 74 years 305
75 to 79 years 175
80 to 84 years 120
85 years and over 125
Median age of the population5 49.2
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.0
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 4,630
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,105
Married (and not separated) 2,690
Living common law 420
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,525
Single (never legally married) 905
Separated 110
Divorced 220
Widowed 290
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,735
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,075
Size of census family: 3 persons 325
Size of census family: 4 persons 245
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 95
Total number of census families in private households8 1,740
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,535
Married couples 1,325
Without children at home 800
With children at home 525
1 child 250
2 children 205
3 or more children 75
Common-law couples 210
Without children at home 135
With children at home 75
1 child 30
2 children 30
3 or more children 15
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 205
Female parent 155
1 child 105
2 children 35
3 or more children 15
Male parent 45
1 child 35
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 1,330
Under six years of age 210
6 to 14 years 465
15 to 17 years 195
18 to 24 years 310
25 years and over 145
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 5,260
Number of persons not in census families 655
Living with relatives9 80
Living with non-relatives only 115
Living alone 460
Number of census family persons 4,605
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,025
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 265
Living with relatives9 40
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 215
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 760
Total number of private households by household type10 2,215
Census-family households 1,705
One-family-only households11 1,595
Couple-family households12 1,435
Without children 875
With children 560
Lone-parent-family households 160
Other family households13 105
One-family households with persons not in a census family 75
Couple-family households14 50
Without children 25
With children 25
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 35
Non-census-family households 510
One-person households 460
Two-or-more-person households 50
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,215
Single-detached house 2,010
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 110
Other dwelling17 95
Semi-detached house 25
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 25
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 40
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 2,215
1 person 460
2 persons 1,030
3 persons 335
4 persons 270
5 persons 90
6 or more persons 35
Number of persons in private households 5,260
Average number of persons in private households 2.4
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,310
  Single responses  5,300
    English  5,150
    French  70
    Non-official languages  80
      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 75
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  5
        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  15
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  15
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  5
        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  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  10
        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          10
    English and French  10
    English and non-official language  5
    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 5,310
  English only 5,000
  French only 5
  English and French 305
  Neither English nor French 5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,310
  English 5,245
  French 60
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 5
Official language minority (number)23 65
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 5,310
  Single responses 5,310
    English 5,250
    French 30
    Non-official languages 30
      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 30
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 5
        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 5
        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 5
        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 5
    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 5,310
  None 5,210
  Single responses  100
    English  30
    French  50
    Non-official languages  20
      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 20
        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  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  10
        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  5
        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  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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