Alnwick
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 3,615
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
- 53.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 17.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 17% (estimated) · 2016: 12.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.9%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.2%2016: 36.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.4%2016: 23.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.1%2011: 26.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.6%2011: 31% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.8%2011: 9.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.9%2016: 26%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.6%2011: 10% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%32.2%2016: 39.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.3%2016: 26%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.7%2016: 8.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.2%2016: 20%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.9%2016: 5.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%18.9%2016: 18.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%23.3%2016: 24.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%57.8%2016: 56.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%24.7%2016: 24%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%72%2016: 73.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.3%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.5%2016: 89%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.5%2016: 11%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.4%2016: 93.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.4%2016: 3.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.3%2016: 92.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 2.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 3%
Statistics Canada, 2021