Augusta
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,386
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.6% · 2016: 22.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.2%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.8%2016: 20%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.6%2016: 32.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.3%2016: 21.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.5%2011: 32.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.5%2011: 38.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.2%2016: 17.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.6%2011: 8.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.8%2016: 8.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 28.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.1%2016: 9.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.7%2016: 40.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.8%2016: 12.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.7%2016: 90.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.1%2016: 9.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.1%2016: 92.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.1%2016: 3.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.8%2016: 4.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92%2016: 91.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.1%2016: 8.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.7%2016: 97.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.7%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.8%2016: 98.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.9%2016: 0.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.5%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021