Arran-Elderslie
Small town · Ontario · Population 6,913
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.9% · 2016: 30.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.1%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 22.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.2%2016: 27.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.4%2016: 19.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.8%2011: 31.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.7%2011: 31.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.5%2016: 27.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 4.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.5%2016: 16.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.9%2016: 27.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.1%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.1%2016: 33.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.6%2016: 11.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.4%2016: 95.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 1.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.9%2016: 91.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.6%2016: 7.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.6%2016: 80%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.3%2016: 20%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.4%2016: 84.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 2.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.9%2016: 3.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.7%2016: 7.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%49.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 92.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 6.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 0.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021