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Census Profile

Newell County No. 4, Alberta (Municipal district)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 6,786
Population in 20061 6,852 A
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -1.0
Total private dwellings2 2,480
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 2,220
Population density per square kilometre 1.1
Land area (square km) 5,904.72
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 6,785
0 to 4 years 500
5 to 9 years 495
10 to 14 years 570
15 to 19 years 590
15 years 120
16 years 135
17 years 135
18 years 105
19 years 90
20 to 24 years 360
25 to 29 years 315
30 to 34 years 385
35 to 39 years 435
40 to 44 years 470
45 to 49 years 535
50 to 54 years 595
55 to 59 years 490
60 to 64 years 390
65 to 69 years 260
70 to 74 years 165
75 to 79 years 110
80 to 84 years 85
85 years and over 30
Median age of the population5 37.0
% of the population aged 15 and over 77.0
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 5,225
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,675
Married (and not separated) 3,340
Living common law 340
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 1,545
Single (never legally married) 1,175
Separated 65
Divorced 175
Widowed 130
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,860
Size of census family: 2 persons 920
Size of census family: 3 persons 285
Size of census family: 4 persons 375
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 280
Total number of census families in private households8 1,855
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,740
Married couples 1,570
Without children at home 765
With children at home 805
1 child 210
2 children 335
3 or more children 265
Common-law couples 170
Without children at home 90
With children at home 80
1 child 45
2 children 25
3 or more children 15
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 115
Female parent 65
1 child 35
2 children 25
3 or more children 5
Male parent 50
1 child 35
2 children 15
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 2,155
Under six years of age 545
6 to 14 years 850
15 to 17 years 340
18 to 24 years 355
25 years and over 70
Average number of children at home per census family 1.2
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 6,295
Number of persons not in census families 545
Living with relatives9 60
Living with non-relatives only 145
Living alone 335
Number of census family persons 5,750
Average number of persons per census family 3.1
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 625
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 120
Living with relatives9 15
Living with non-relatives only 10
Living alone 95
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 510
Total number of private households by household type10 2,220
Census-family households 1,835
One-family-only households11 1,735
Couple-family households12 1,650
Without children 800
With children 850
Lone-parent-family households 85
Other family households13 100
One-family households with persons not in a census family 75
Couple-family households14 55
Without children 30
With children 30
Lone-parent-family households 15
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 385
One-person households 335
Two-or-more-person households 50
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 2,220
Single-detached house 1,960
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 255
Other dwelling17 5
Semi-detached house 0
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 0
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 2,220
1 person 335
2 persons 885
3 persons 315
4 persons 375
5 persons 185
6 or more persons 125
Number of persons in private households 6,295
Average number of persons in private households 2.8
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,785
  Single responses  6,745
    English  5,320
    French  40
    Non-official languages  1,385
      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 1,385
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  5
        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.  10
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  5
        Danish  15
        Dutch  95
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  1,135
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  15
        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  5
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  5
        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  15
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  10
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  15
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          40
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  30
    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 6,780
  English only 6,605
  French only 0
  English and French 105
  Neither English nor French 65
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,785
  English 6,685
  French 30
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 70
Official language minority (number)23 30
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.4
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,785
  Single responses 6,715
    English 5,780
    French 10
    Non-official languages 925
      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 925
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 5
        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. 5
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 20
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 875
        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         70
    English and French 0
    English and non-official language 65
    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 6,785
  None 6,005
  Single responses  765
    English  565
    French  30
    Non-official languages  170
      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 170
        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.  5
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  10
        Dutch  25
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  105
        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  5
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        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  0
    French and non-official language  10
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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