Double digit increases in households without children

Posted September 19, 2012

2011 Census date released this morning focused on the "Portrait of Families and Living Arrangements in Canada, shows there were 4,605 couples who called Essa Township home, an increase of 9.1 per cent over 2006.

Of those, 2,295 were married with children, a 3.8 per cent increase over the 2006 census figures. Married couples without children numbered 1,465, and increase of 14 per cent.

Common law couples with children were 425, a 6.3 per cent increase, while common law couples without children were 415, a 27.7 per cent increase.

Overall, Essa Township's population grew by 9.5 per cent to 18,505 in the 2011 census over 2006.

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