Alnwick/Haldimand
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,473
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.9% · 2016: 31.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 14.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 19.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.8%2016: 34.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.2%2016: 20.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.9%2011: 31.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.8%2011: 37.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.7%2016: 16.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 8.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.2%2016: 9.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.3%2016: 30.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.7%2016: 10.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.9%2016: 33.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.1%2016: 16.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.4%2016: 94.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.2%2016: 5.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.6%2016: 92.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.1%2016: 5.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92%2016: 93.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8%2016: 7.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.3%2016: 97.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.4%2016: 95.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 2.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 1.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021