Amherst, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Amherst	Nova Scotia	National
Population	9,360	978,623	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	766	18	4
Median age	47.9	44.8	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.1:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	58%	67%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	31%	36%	43%
Speak English only	93.0%	89.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.1%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Amherst is 4193% higher than Nova Scotia
The median age in Amherst is 7% higher than Nova Scotia
In Amherst 2.75% of the population is Black
In Amherst 0.53% of the population is South Asian
In Amherst 0.40% of the population is Chinese

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	2.8%
South Asian	0.5%
Chinese	0.4%
Latin American	0.2%
Arab	0.2%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	0.5%
United States	0.4%
Netherlands	0.2%
India	0.1%
Syria	0.1%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Amherst age breakdown

Source: The Amherst, NS data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.