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Census Profile

Taber, Alberta (Municipal district)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 6,851
Population in 20061 6,275 A
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 9.2
Total private dwellings2 2,022
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,834
Population density per square kilometre 1.6
Land area (square km) 4,203.79
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 6,850
0 to 4 years 685
5 to 9 years 690
10 to 14 years 770
15 to 19 years 680
15 years 145
16 years 150
17 years 150
18 years 105
19 years 125
20 to 24 years 440
25 to 29 years 375
30 to 34 years 410
35 to 39 years 395
40 to 44 years 385
45 to 49 years 455
50 to 54 years 425
55 to 59 years 345
60 to 64 years 280
65 to 69 years 195
70 to 74 years 160
75 to 79 years 80
80 to 84 years 55
85 years and over 35
Median age of the population5 27.4
% of the population aged 15 and over 68.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 4,710
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,225
Married (and not separated) 3,080
Living common law 150
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,485
Single (never legally married) 1,210
Separated 50
Divorced 90
Widowed 130
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,570
Size of census family: 2 persons 575
Size of census family: 3 persons 255
Size of census family: 4 persons 265
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 480
Total number of census families in private households8 1,570
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,485
Married couples 1,415
Without children at home 485
With children at home 930
1 child 215
2 children 250
3 or more children 470
Common-law couples 75
Without children at home 45
With children at home 30
1 child 15
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 80
Female parent 50
1 child 25
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Male parent 25
1 child 20
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 2,840
Under six years of age 740
6 to 14 years 1,210
15 to 17 years 405
18 to 24 years 400
25 years and over 90
Average number of children at home per census family 1.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 6,270
Number of persons not in census families 375
Living with relatives9 65
Living with non-relatives only 60
Living alone 250
Number of census family persons 5,900
Average number of persons per census family 3.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 470
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 115
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 100
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 345
Total number of private households by household type10 1,835
Census-family households 1,555
One-family-only households11 1,500
Couple-family households12 1,430
Without children 505
With children 920
Lone-parent-family households 70
Other family households13 55
One-family households with persons not in a census family 45
Couple-family households14 35
Without children 15
With children 25
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 15
Non-census-family households 280
One-person households 250
Two-or-more-person households 25
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,835
Single-detached house 1,695
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 130
Other dwelling17 10
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 5
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 1,830
1 person 250
2 persons 575
3 persons 255
4 persons 260
5 persons 200
6 or more persons 290
Number of persons in private households 6,275
Average number of persons in private households 3.4
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,850
  Single responses  6,720
    English  3,495
    French  15
    Non-official languages  3,205
      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 3,200
        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  10
        Czech  10
        Danish  10
        Dutch  245
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  0
        German  2,845
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        Japanese  15
        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)  5
        Polish  5
        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.  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  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  10
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  10
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          130
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  120
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,850
  English only 6,380
  French only 0
  English and French 55
  Neither English nor French 415
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,850
  English 6,420
  French 10
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 415
Official language minority (number)23 15
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.2
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,850
  Single responses 6,610
    English 4,185
    French 5
    Non-official languages 2,420
      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 2,415
        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 60
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 2,330
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 10
        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 15
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 5
        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         240
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 230
    French and non-official language 10
    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 6,850
  None 5,370
  Single responses  1,460
    English  1,025
    French  15
    Non-official languages  420
      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 410
        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  80
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  295
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  10
        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  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 5
  Multiple responses          20
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  20
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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