Brightwood, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Brightwood	Halifax	Nova Scotia
Population	681	451,852	978,623
Population density (sq km)	1,031	80	18
Median age	40.9	39.9	44.8
Male/Female ratio	0.8:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	65%	66%	67%
Families w/ kids at home	35%	39%	36%
Speak English only	84.1%	86.8%	89.1%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%

Key Findings

The population density in Brightwood is 1192% higher than Halifax
The median age in Brightwood is 3% higher than Halifax
In Brightwood 4.23% of the population is Black
In Brightwood 3.95% of the population is Chinese
In Brightwood 1.41% of the population is Filipino

Compare Halifax, NS Demographics

Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	4.2%
Chinese	4.0%
Filipino	1.4%
Japanese	0.6%
N/A	0.0%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
Philippines	3.7%
United Kingdom	3.1%
United States	2.1%
Hong Kong	1.4%
Other Eastern Africa	0.3%

Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Brightwood age breakdown

Source: The Brightwood, Halifax, NS data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada.