Port Hawkesbury
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 3,210
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38% · 2016: 29.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.2%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 12%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.9%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.3%2016: 23.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.5%2011: 24.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.1%2011: 26.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.7%2011: 11.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.9%2016: 28.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.9%2011: 6.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.6%2016: 9.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.5%2016: 21.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.4%2016: 11.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.7%2016: 33.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.8%2016: 22.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.5%2016: 88%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.5%2016: 11.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.9%2016: 93.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.7%2016: 3.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.4%2016: 3.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.8%2016: 65.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%38.9%2016: 34.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58%2016: 59.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.4%2016: 7.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.9%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.9%2016: 19%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.4%2016: 8.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%53.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.5%2016: 89.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.1%2016: 7.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.9%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021