Queens
Town · Nova Scotia · Population 10,422
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
- 55.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.2% · 2016: 21%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.7%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.2%2016: 17%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.3%2016: 34.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.5%2016: 28.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.9%2011: 22.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.6%2011: 36.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 7.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.3%2016: 30.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.7%2016: 20.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.5%2016: 28.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.7%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.3%2016: 29.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.7%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.2%2016: 95.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.7%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.9%2016: 97.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.3%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.3%2016: 81%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.8%2016: 19%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.4%2016: 88.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.5%2016: 6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 2.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%43.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.3%2016: 91.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 5.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021