Ajax
Small city · Ontario · Population 126,666
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 38.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.4 years
- Average household size
- 3.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 · 2011: 3.1 · 2016: 3.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.8% · 2016: 34.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.8%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.7%2016: 26.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 28.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.1%2016: 11%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%39.8%2011: 41.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%17.4%2011: 17.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.5%2011: 10.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%14.1%2016: 14.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%18.1%2011: 15.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.3%2016: 8.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.4%2016: 25.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.3%2016: 5.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.9%2016: 30.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%36.1%2016: 30.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.5%2016: 90.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.5%2016: 7.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.9%2016: 1.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%64.8%2016: 69.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%34.1%2016: 29.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.5%2016: 86.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.5%2016: 13.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.7%2016: 65.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.7%2016: 5.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%15.2%2016: 15.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.1%2016: 4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.7%2016: 5.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%35.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.9%2016: 79.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8%2016: 17%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021