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Hampstead, Quebec (Ville)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 7,153
Population in 20061 6,996
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 2.2
Total private dwellings2 2,656
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,513
Population density per square kilometre 3,996.5
Land area (square km) 1.79
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 7,150
0 to 4 years 395
5 to 9 years 465
10 to 14 years 560
15 to 19 years 635
15 years 130
16 years 135
17 years 135
18 years 140
19 years 100
20 to 24 years 470
25 to 29 years 345
30 to 34 years 320
35 to 39 years 370
40 to 44 years 475
45 to 49 years 535
50 to 54 years 520
55 to 59 years 450
60 to 64 years 450
65 to 69 years 420
70 to 74 years 270
75 to 79 years 180
80 to 84 years 160
85 years and over 130
Median age of the population5 40.1
% of the population aged 15 and over 80.1
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 5,730
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,480
Married (and not separated) 3,290
Living common law 195
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,245
Single (never legally married) 1,680
Separated 70
Divorced 295
Widowed 210
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,930
Size of census family: 2 persons 745
Size of census family: 3 persons 365
Size of census family: 4 persons 455
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 365
Total number of census families in private households8 1,930
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,715
Married couples 1,615
Without children at home 585
With children at home 1,030
1 child 265
2 children 420
3 or more children 345
Common-law couples 95
Without children at home 50
With children at home 50
1 child 25
2 children 15
3 or more children 10
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 220
Female parent 175
1 child 95
2 children 60
3 or more children 25
Male parent 40
1 child 20
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,735
Under six years of age 485
6 to 14 years 935
15 to 17 years 395
18 to 24 years 640
25 years and over 280
Average number of children at home per census family 1.4
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 7,150
Number of persons not in census families 775
Living with relatives9 95
Living with non-relatives only 140
Living alone 540
Number of census family persons 6,375
Average number of persons per census family 3.3
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,155
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 280
Living with relatives9 25
Living with non-relatives only 15
Living alone 240
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 875
Total number of private households by household type10 2,515
Census-family households 1,915
One-family-only households11 1,795
Couple-family households12 1,605
Without children 600
With children 1,005
Lone-parent-family households 195
Other family households13 115
One-family households with persons not in a census family 95
Couple-family households14 75
Without children 10
With children 65
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 605
One-person households 535
Two-or-more-person households 65
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,515
Single-detached house 1,250
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 240
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 1,030
Semi-detached house 205
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 345
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 475
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 2,515
1 person 540
2 persons 755
3 persons 360
4 persons 445
5 persons 290
6 or more persons 120
Number of persons in private households 7,150
Average number of persons in private households 2.8
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,155
  Single responses  6,965
    English  4,265
    French  1,310
    Non-official languages  1,390
      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 1,395
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  5
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  5
        Arabic  85
        Armenian  10
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  5
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  5
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  10
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  45
        Creoles  10
        Croatian  0
        Czech  5
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  40
        Greek  25
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  190
        Hindi  5
        Hungarian  55
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  60
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  10
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  10
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  5
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  75
        Polish  50
        Portuguese  35
        Romanian  115
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  110
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  5
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  20
        Serbo-Croatian  5
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  5
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  5
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  110
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  70
        Taiwanese  5
        Tamil  5
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  10
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  40
        Yiddish  105
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          185
    English and French  65
    English and non-official language  50
    French and non-official language  35
    English, French and non-official language 35
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,150
  English only 1,420
  French only 305
  English and French 5,375
  Neither English nor French 55
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,155
  English 5,220
  French 1,535
  English and French 345
  Neither English nor French 50
Official language minority (number)23 5,395
Official language minority (percentage)23 75.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,155
  Single responses 6,820
    English 5,190
    French 1,045
    Non-official languages 585
      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 580
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 25
        Armenian 5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 5
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 10
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 5
        Chinese, n.o.s. 35
        Creoles 5
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 5
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 70
        Hindi 5
        Hungarian 15
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 15
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 10
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 5
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 45
        Polish 5
        Portuguese 10
        Romanian 65
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 90
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 15
        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 65
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 15
        Taiwanese 5
        Tamil 5
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 5
        Urdu 5
        Vietnamese 30
        Yiddish 5
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         325
    English and French 120
    English and non-official language 135
    French and non-official language 30
    English, French and non-official language 40
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 7,150
  None 5,525
  Single responses  1,485
    English  445
    French  570
    Non-official languages  470
      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 465
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  40
        Armenian  5
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  5
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  10
        Croatian  5
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  15
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  115
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  15
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  25
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  5
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  20
        Polish  10
        Portuguese  15
        Romanian  15
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  15
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  5
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        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  55
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  20
        Taiwanese  5
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  5
        Vietnamese  5
        Yiddish  35
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          145
    English and French  45
    English and non-official language  15
    French and non-official language  80
    English, French and non-official language  5

Source: 2011 Census of Population.