Nantucket, Nova Scotia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Nantucket	Halifax	Nova Scotia
Population	1,417	451,852	978,623
Population density (sq km)	2,890	80	18
Median age	41.8	39.9	44.8
Male/Female ratio	1.2:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	60%	66%	67%
Families w/ kids at home	32%	39%	36%
Speak English only	88.4%	86.8%	89.1%
Speak French only	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

Key Findings

The population density in Nantucket is 3522% higher than Halifax
The median age in Nantucket is 5% higher than Halifax
In Nantucket 4.99% of the population is Black
In Nantucket 2.99% of the population is All Other Visible Minorities
In Nantucket 1.78% of the population is South Asian

Compare Halifax, NS Demographics

Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	5.0%
All Other Visible Minorities	3.0%
South Asian	1.8%
Latin American	1.6%
Chinese	0.2%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
Trinidad And Tobago	1.7%
United Kingdom	1.4%
India	1.1%
Mexico	0.9%
United States	0.8%

Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Nantucket age breakdown

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