Cumberland, Subd. C
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 5,694
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 52.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.3% · 2016: 21.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.9%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.8%2016: 18.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.5%2016: 34.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.4%2016: 24.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.2%2011: 25.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.7%2011: 39.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.2%2016: 25.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.9%2011: 7.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.8%2016: 10.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.1%2016: 30.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.4%2016: 12.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35.4%2016: 31.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.4%2016: 14.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.9%2016: 94.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.6%2016: 5.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96%2016: 95.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3%2016: 3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.9%2016: 91.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.1%2016: 8.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%90.5%2016: 91.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.2%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.8%2016: 4.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 96%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.8%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021