Kentville
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 6,630
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
- 45.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.6% · 2016: 41%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.7%2016: 15.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.1%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.7%2016: 22.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.8%2011: 21.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.2%2011: 28.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.9%2016: 33%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.1%2011: 8.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.8%2016: 9.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.5%2016: 25.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.5%2016: 6.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30%2016: 29.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%34.2%2016: 28.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.7%2016: 88.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.2%2016: 11.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.4%2016: 95.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6%2016: 3.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%55.3%2016: 57.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%44.8%2016: 42.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.7%2016: 59.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 6.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 1.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.1%2016: 6.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%27.2%2016: 24.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.1%2016: 90.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.7%2016: 2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.6%2016: 5.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021