Selected Demographic Trends Part I

1
Regional Patterns in Age, Families, Households
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations June
2003
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Regional Patterns in Age, Families, Households

• Age Groups

• Change in Age Groups

• Migration by Age Group

• Families and Children

• Household Size

• Change in Household Size

3
Age Groups as Total

• Age groups up to age 50 are most prominent in
  the central counties.

4
Age Groups as Total

• Age groups of 50 plus are most prominent in the
  east and west.

5
Change in Age Groups

• 2 lower age groups drop 5 percent

- 3 higher age groups rise 5 percent
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Age Groups Change
3 patterns

• young families

• older families

• seniors

• young families pattern

• children

• 35-49 age group

• Concentration in central, west

7
Age Groups Change

• older families pattern

• young labour force

• 50-64 age group

• Concentration in northeast

8
Age Groups Change

• Seniors concentration in the southeast and
  near west.