Inverness, Subd. A
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 5,207
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
- 56.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 17% · 2016: 19.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.6%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 8.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.9%2016: 16.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.5%2016: 34.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%33.6%2016: 29.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.6%2011: 23.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.4%2011: 35.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.1%2011: 5.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.2%2016: 31.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 4.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.1%2016: 15.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.7%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%19.2%2016: 17.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.3%2016: 31%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.4%2016: 15.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%54.9%2016: 50%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%43.9%2016: 48.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%62.8%2016: 59.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%32.7%2016: 37.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.5%2016: 2.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.8%2016: 85.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.2%2016: 14.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.1%2016: 88.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 1.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.4%2016: 6.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.4%2016: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.9%2016: 94.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021