Digby
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 2,001
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
- 55.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.5 years
- Average household size
- 1.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.3% · 2016: 44.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 8.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.5%2016: 16%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 32%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%33.5%2016: 31.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.7%2011: 14.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.8%2011: 27%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 11.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%47.6%2016: 44.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%27%2016: 22.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.7%2016: 25.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.6%2016: 10.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.8%2016: 25.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.8%2016: 14.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.3%2016: 91.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.4%2016: 8.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.7%2016: 94.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.9%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.4%2016: 3.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%40.8%2016: 50.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%59.2%2016: 49.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.3%2016: 57.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 1.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.4%2016: 3.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.4%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%35%2016: 34.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%43.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.6%2016: 85.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.2%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%13.7%2016: 10.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021