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Didsbury, Alberta (Town)
Characteristics	Total
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 2011¹	4,957
Population in 2006¹	4,305 A
2006 to 2011 population change (%)	15.1
Total private dwellings²	1,987
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents³	1,923
Population density per square kilometre	308.2
Land area (square km)	16.08
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups⁴	4,955
0 to 4 years	310
5 to 9 years	330
10 to 14 years	315
15 to 19 years	330
15 years	75
16 years	65
17 years	65
18 years	65
19 years	60
20 to 24 years	230
25 to 29 years	280
30 to 34 years	315
35 to 39 years	305
40 to 44 years	295
45 to 49 years	395
50 to 54 years	360
55 to 59 years	325
60 to 64 years	310
65 to 69 years	230
70 to 74 years	170
75 to 79 years	155
80 to 84 years	155
85 years and over	135
Median age of the population⁵	41.2
% of the population aged 15 and over	80.8
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status⁶	4,000
Married or living with a common-law partner	2,560
Married (and not separated)	2,200
Living common law	360
Not married and not living with a common-law partner	1,440
Single (never legally married)	790
Separated	135
Divorced	265
Widowed	255
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households⁷	1,455
Size of census family: 2 persons	790
Size of census family: 3 persons	275
Size of census family: 4 persons	260
Size of census family: 5 or more persons	130
Total number of census families in private households⁸	1,455
Total couple families by family structure and number of children	1,245
Married couples	1,065
Without children at home	575
With children at home	490
1 child	165
2 children	215
3 or more children	110
Common-law couples	180
Without children at home	100
With children at home	85
1 child	45
2 children	25
3 or more children	15
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children	210
Female parent	165
1 child	90
2 children	55
3 or more children	20
Male parent	45
1 child	30
2 children	10
3 or more children	5
Total children in census families in private households	1,450
Under six years of age	380
6 to 14 years	570
15 to 17 years	190
18 to 24 years	215
25 years and over	95
Average number of children at home per census family	1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households	4,805
Number of persons not in census families	660
Living with relatives⁹	70
Living with non-relatives only	165
Living alone	420
Number of census family persons	4,145
Average number of persons per census family	2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households	720
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over	190
Living with relatives⁹	25
Living with non-relatives only	5
Living alone	160
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over	530
Total number of private households by household type¹⁰	1,920
Census-family households	1,430
One-family-only households¹¹	1,330
Couple-family households¹²	1,170
Without children	630
With children	540
Lone-parent-family households	160
Other family households¹³	110
One-family households with persons not in a census family	85
Couple-family households¹⁴	55
Without children	25
With children	30
Lone-parent-family households	35
Two-or-more-family households	25
Non-census-family households	490
One-person households	420
Two-or-more-person households	70
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling¹⁵	1,925
Single-detached house	1,525
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys	0
Movable dwelling¹⁶	0
Other dwelling¹⁷	400
Semi-detached house	180
Row house	95
Apartment, duplex	55
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys	70
Other single-attached house	5
Total number of private households by household size¹⁸	1,925
1 person	420
2 persons	775
3 persons	295
4 persons	275
5 persons	110
6 or more persons	50
Number of persons in private households	4,805
Average number of persons in private households	2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	4,815
Single responses	4,790
English	4,485
French	40
Non-official languages	255
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	255
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.	0
Creoles	0
Croatian	5
Czech	0
Danish	5
Dutch	20
Estonian	0
Finnish	0
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	115
Greek	5
Gujarati	5
Hakka	0
Hebrew	0
Hindi	0
Hungarian	0
Ilocano	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	5
Japanese	5
Khmer (Cambodian)	0
Korean	25
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)	5
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	5
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	15
Urdu	0
Vietnamese	0
Yiddish	0
Other languages²²	5
Multiple responses	30
English and French	0
English and non-official language	20
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	4,815
English only	4,660
French only	0
English and French	160
Neither English nor French	5
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	4,815
English	4,780
French	40
English and French	0
Neither English nor French	0
Official language minority (number)²³	35
Official language minority (percentage)²³	0.7
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents¹⁹	4,820
Single responses	4,790
English	4,725
French	10
Non-official languages	55
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	55
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.	0
Creoles	0
Croatian	0
Czech	0
Danish	0
Dutch	5
Estonian	0
Finnish	0
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	10
Greek	0
Gujarati	5
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	20
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)	5
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)	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	30
English and French	5
English and non-official language	20
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	4,815
None	4,635
Single responses	175
English	40
French	25
Non-official languages	115
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	115
African languages, n.i.e.	0
Afrikaans	5
Akan (Twi)	0
Albanian	0
Amharic	5
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	5
Chinese, n.o.s.	0
Creoles	0
Croatian	5
Czech	0
Danish	0
Dutch	0
Estonian	0
Finnish	0
Flemish	0
Fukien	0
German	40
Greek	10
Gujarati	0
Hakka	0
Hebrew	0
Hindi	0
Hungarian	0
Ilocano	0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.	0
Italian	5
Japanese	0
Khmer (Cambodian)	0
Korean	5
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.	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	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	5
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.