Chester, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Chester	Nova Scotia	National
Population	10,450	978,623	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	9	18	4
Median age	54.0	44.8	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	69%	67%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	30%	36%	43%
Speak English only	94.4%	89.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.1%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Chester is 49% lower than Nova Scotia
The median age in Chester is 21% higher than Nova Scotia
In Chester 0.42% of the population is Arab
In Chester 0.30% of the population is Chinese
In Chester 0.18% of the population is South Asian

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Arab	0.4%
Chinese	0.3%
South Asian	0.2%
Black	0.2%
Latin American	0.1%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United Kingdom	1.6%
United States	1.1%
Germany	0.4%
Lebanon	0.3%
China	0.2%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Chester age breakdown

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