Photo: Paulo O from Halifax, Canada · CC BY 2.0Renter households make up 6.7% in Hammonds Plains, less than in 97% of Canadian towns
Compared with 19% across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over here. Hammonds Plains counted 13,844 residents and 4,810 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put children under 15 at 20% here. One-person households are rarer here than in 95% of Canadian towns.
Hammonds Plains: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 73% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 45–49: 9.4% of residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. With a median age of 42, Hammonds Plains is younger than 51% of Canadian towns. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Hammonds Plains, 42. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
2.9 people per household, more than in 85% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 75% and 6.5%.
Above 94% of Canadian towns: 60% of residents 15 and over are married
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 21% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, 46% of residents 15 and over are married. Census figures put common-law partners at 10% in Hammonds Plains.
Hammonds Plains sits above 83% of Canadian towns for households in single-detached houses (87%)
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
46% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 3% built before 1961. Across the comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Hammonds Plains sits close to the norm on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 0.6%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Before tax, the median household income is $134,900 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
At $134,900, the middle household in Hammonds Plains out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 57%. Across Nova Scotia’s towns the median is $69,100. In 2020, 22% of income recipients drew a COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefit; the typical town had 28%.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 62% of Canadian towns, at 9.8%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship is 2.8%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. Fewer immigrants than in 70% of Canadian towns: 7.8%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in Europe (49%) or in Asia (29%).
Hammonds Plains: 38% of residents said they have no religion, above 58% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 15% across Canada’s towns, the share of visible minority residents in Hammonds Plains comes in at 6.2%. Typically, 35% of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Here, 3.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
Hammonds Plains: 17% of residents speak English and French, above 71% of Canadian towns
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns, at 2.2%. On average, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 79% of Canadian towns, at 45%
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Across Canada’s towns, 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds hold a degree; in Hammonds Plains, 45%, and 31% have a college or trades credential (typical: 29%). Those with no credential make up 3.5%, next to 9.5% in the typical town.
In work on census day: 64% of adults
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment runs above the middle of Canada’s towns (58%), at 64%.
41 towns of 13,535 to 14,176 people: this is the 15th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest of these towns is Sandy Hill, at 29.7; the oldest, Montcalm, is at 53.6. The towns whose median age is nearest to Hammonds Plains’s: Beaurivage (40.3), Manor Park (41.2), Wetaskiwin (42.4) and Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills (42.5).
Of the 6 towns nearest Hammonds Plains, 2 are older
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | — | 42 | 12% | 7.8% |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 7.7 km | 39.9 | 13% | 5.5% |
| Upper Tantallon | 5,248 | 8.1 km | 41.4 | 13% | 7.3% |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 8.3 km | 41.3 | 19% | 19% |
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 9.2 km | 43.6 | 19% | 4.7% |
| Hubley | 6,337 | 9.2 km | 46.4 | 19% | 6% |
| Timberlea | 11,014 | 10.0 km | 38.6 | 9.9% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. The figures sum the neighbourhood’s dissemination areas, since the census is published for municipalities only. Medians are estimated from the age and income groups, counts carry Statistics Canada’s rounding, and no 2016 count matches these boundaries.
- What these tables don’t give. Missing from the census as published: unpaid care, cars and internet access, and the shift in each age band since 2016. Ethnic origins past visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted here.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Nova Scotia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Hammonds Plains’s residents
What religion are people in Hammonds Plains?
Most often Christian (59%) or no religion (38%); other religions make up 3%.
Is Hammonds Plains good for families?
Children under 15 are 20% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 75% of households and one-parent families 6.5%. Schools near Hammonds Plains are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Hammonds Plains?
Median total household income in Hammonds Plains was $134,900 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Hammonds Plains?
The 2021 Census counted 13,844 people in Hammonds Plains.
What is the average age in Hammonds Plains?
Half the residents are older than 42 and half younger, younger than 51% of Canadian towns; 20% are children under 15 and 12% are 65 or over.
Is Hammonds Plains bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 17% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 83% speak only English and 0% only French; 2.2% grew up with French.
How diverse is Hammonds Plains?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 7.8%. A visible minority makes up 6.2% and Indigenous residents 3.4%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).