Amaranth
Small town · Ontario · Population 4,327
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.6 years
- Average household size
- 3.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 · 2011: 3.1 · 2016: 3.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.6% · 2016: 28.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 17.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.5%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 19.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.1%2016: 33.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.1%2016: 14.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%38.5%2011: 39.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.6%2011: 29.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.7%2011: 5.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%12.4%2016: 12%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.7%2011: 13.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.1%2016: 11.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.4%2016: 28.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.8%2016: 12.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.7%2016: 31.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.1%2016: 15.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.6%2016: 94%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.7%2016: 5.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.2%2016: 88.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.9%2016: 10.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.1%2016: 91%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.3%2016: 9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97.8%2016: 97.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.6%2016: 95.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.6%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021