Athabasca County
Small town · Alberta · Population 6,959
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.1% (estimated) · 2016: 24.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.6%2016: 21.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.7%2016: 32.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.4%2016: 16.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.1%2011: 30.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.8%2011: 36% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.5%2011: 5.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24%2016: 21.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.6%2011: 7.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11%2016: 15.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 32.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%20.4%2016: 18.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.1%2016: 24.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.8%2016: 8.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.7%2016: 93.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.3%2016: 6.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.6%2016: 89%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.3%2016: 8.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.2%2016: 89.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.8%2016: 10.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.1%2016: 83.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%12.2%2016: 15.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.4%2016: 94.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.1%2016: 2.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 1.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021