Kings, Subd. C
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 8,348
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.5% · 2016: 32.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.8%2016: 14.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 21.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 32.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 21.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 23.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.6%2011: 29.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.6%2016: 29.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.8%2016: 12.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.6%2016: 26.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 10.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.7%2016: 32%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.4%2016: 18.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.6%2016: 92.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.3%2016: 7.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.9%2016: 95.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 2.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.5%2016: 68.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.4%2016: 31.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62%2016: 63.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.3%2016: 7.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.5%2016: 5.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.5%2016: 13.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%9%2016: 9.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.2%2016: 91.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.3%2016: 4.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021