Inverness, Subd. B
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 4,865
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
- 54 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.8% (estimated) · 2016: 17.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.6%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.9%2016: 17%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.1%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.8%2016: 26.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.1%2011: 25.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.3%2011: 27.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 10.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.7%2016: 31.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 6.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.1%2016: 8.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.6%2016: 20.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.5%2016: 22.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.4%2016: 29.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.8%2016: 18.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.6%2016: 96.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.4%2016: 3.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%95.8%2016: 96.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 2.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.8%2016: 83.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.4%2016: 16.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.3%2016: 77.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.6%2016: 4.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.5%2016: 9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%11.1%2016: 8.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.9%2016: 87.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.5%2016: 3.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021