Ashcroft
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,670
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
- 58.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.6 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.2% (estimated) · 2016: 31.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.2%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.3%2016: 5.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.3%2016: 15.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.2%2016: 29.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%37.4%2016: 36%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.9%2011: 15.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.1%2011: 37.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.4%2016: 34.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 9.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.1%2016: 18.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%41.6%2016: 33.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.9%2016: 16.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.7%2016: 22.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.8%2016: 10.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.5%2016: 96.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.9%2016: 3.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90%2016: 90.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.2%2016: 7.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.2%2016: 78.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.8%2016: 21.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.8%2016: 71.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 5.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.1%2016: 6.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.1%2016: 4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.8%2016: 10.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.9%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%56%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83%2016: 86.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.5%2016: 10.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%6.6%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021