Armstrong
Small town · British Columbia · Population 5,323
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
- 50 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.7% · 2016: 39.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.4%2016: 21%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.2%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.5%2016: 25.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21%2011: 22.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.9%2011: 31.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.9%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.8%2016: 27.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.5%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.5%2016: 10.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.2%2016: 38.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.7%2016: 12.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.4%2016: 30%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.1%2016: 8.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.5%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.3%2016: 3.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.9%2016: 92.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 5.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 17.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.5%2016: 80.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.7%2016: 19.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%69.3%2016: 70.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.6%2016: 5.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.8%2016: 8.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.9%2016: 2.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.6%2016: 12.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2006: 1.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.3%2016: 87.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.5%2016: 9.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.7%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.8%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021