East Hants
Town · Nova Scotia · Population 22,892
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.5% · 2016: 26.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 10.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 23.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.9%2016: 32.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.4%2016: 15.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.1%2011: 31.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.6%2011: 32%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 7.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.6%2016: 22%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.1%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 14.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.9%2016: 25%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.2%2016: 12.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32%2016: 32.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.5%2016: 15.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.3%2016: 93.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.4%2016: 6.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.9%2016: 95.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.7%2016: 3.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.2%2016: 84.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.8%2016: 15.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81.6%2016: 82.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.8%2016: 3.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.6%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.3%2016: 5.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.1%2016: 5.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 95.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 1.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021