Mahone Bay
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 1,064
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
- 60 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 56.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 57.7 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.4% · 2016: 40.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.8%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7%2016: 6.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.1%2016: 13%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 32.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%40.8%2016: 37.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.4%2011: 18.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.7%2011: 31.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 4.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.3%2016: 40%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 5.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.1%2016: 6.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.7%2016: 28.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.9%2016: 16.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.8%2016: 22.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%34.1%2016: 26.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.1%2016: 89.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.9%2016: 10.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.1%2016: 94.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.4%2016: 4.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.3%2016: 62.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%32.7%2016: 36.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61%2016: 65%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.9%2016: 3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.7%2016: 7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%27.6%2016: 24%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2006: 8.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%53.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%11.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%6.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.5%2016: 87.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14%2016: 11.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%7%2016: 3.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021