Victoria, Subd. B
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 4,077
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
- 56 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 20.6% · 2016: 17.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.8%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 8.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.4%2016: 16.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.3%2016: 35.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.4%2016: 29%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.1%2011: 23.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.7%2011: 34.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.2%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.4%2016: 31.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.6%2011: 6.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 12.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.4%2016: 22.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11%2016: 15.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.4%2016: 29.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.4%2016: 20.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.9%2016: 95.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96%2016: 95.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 3.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.1%2016: 87.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.9%2016: 13%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.2%2016: 87.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.8%2016: 4.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.9%2016: 5.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.7%2016: 92.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.3%2016: 4.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021