Atholville
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 3,290
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
- 52.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 15.4% (estimated) · 2016: 18.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.7%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.7%2016: 20.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.1%2016: 37.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.8%2016: 21.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.1%2011: 27.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.2%2011: 32.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.7%2011: 8.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.9%2016: 23.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 8.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19%2016: 29.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.3%2016: 23.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.4%2016: 7.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%38.5%2016: 31.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.2%2016: 6.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%5.9%2016: 5.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%36.5%2016: 37.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%57.6%2016: 57.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%11.9%2016: 10.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%85.6%2016: 87.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.6%2016: 86.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.4%2016: 13%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.6%2016: 84.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.4%2016: 4.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7%2016: 6.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.4%2016: 2.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.4%2016: 95.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 3.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021