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Census Profile

St. Mary's, Nova Scotia (Municipal district)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,354
Population in 20061 2,587
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -9.0
Total private dwellings2 1,700
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,071
Population density per square kilometre 1.2
Land area (square km) 1,909.59
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,355
0 to 4 years 75
5 to 9 years 80
10 to 14 years 115
15 to 19 years 120
15 years 25
16 years 20
17 years 30
18 years 20
19 years 25
20 to 24 years 105
25 to 29 years 80
30 to 34 years 70
35 to 39 years 135
40 to 44 years 130
45 to 49 years 210
50 to 54 years 195
55 to 59 years 195
60 to 64 years 240
65 to 69 years 190
70 to 74 years 150
75 to 79 years 105
80 to 84 years 80
85 years and over 85
Median age of the population5 51.7
% of the population aged 15 and over 88.6
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,085
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,340
Married (and not separated) 1,190
Living common law 160
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 745
Single (never legally married) 380
Separated 55
Divorced 95
Widowed 210
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 740
Size of census family: 2 persons 475
Size of census family: 3 persons 130
Size of census family: 4 persons 105
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 30
Total number of census families in private households8 740
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 660
Married couples 585
Without children at home 385
With children at home 205
1 child 85
2 children 95
3 or more children 25
Common-law couples 75
Without children at home 45
With children at home 35
1 child 15
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 75
Female parent 60
1 child 35
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Male parent 15
1 child 10
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 525
Under six years of age 85
6 to 14 years 180
15 to 17 years 80
18 to 24 years 110
25 years and over 70
Average number of children at home per census family 0.7
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,310
Number of persons not in census families 380
Living with relatives9 25
Living with non-relatives only 35
Living alone 325
Number of census family persons 1,925
Average number of persons per census family 2.6
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 575
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 200
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 185
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 370
Total number of private households by household type10 1,070
Census-family households 730
One-family-only households11 710
Couple-family households12 645
Without children 420
With children 225
Lone-parent-family households 65
Other family households13 25
One-family households with persons not in a census family 15
Couple-family households14 10
Without children 5
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 5
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 335
One-person households 320
Two-or-more-person households 15
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,075
Single-detached house 940
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 85
Other dwelling17 45
Semi-detached house 15
Row house 20
Apartment, duplex 5
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 5
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 1,070
1 person 320
2 persons 465
3 persons 135
4 persons 110
5 persons 20
6 or more persons 15
Number of persons in private households 2,310
Average number of persons in private households 2.2
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,315
  Single responses  2,305
    English  2,250
    French  20
    Non-official languages  40
      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 40
        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  20
        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)  10
        Taiwanese  5
        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  10
    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 2,315
  English only 2,255
  French only 0
  English and French 60
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,315
  English 2,300
  French 15
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 15
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.6
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,315
  Single responses 2,310
    English 2,285
    French 5
    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 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 5
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 10
        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 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 2,315
  None 2,280
  Single responses  35
    English  10
    French  10
    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  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  5
        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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