Aurora
Small city · Ontario · Population 62,057
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: 40.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 · 2011: 3 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.7% · 2016: 35.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.9%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 22.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.7%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.4%2016: 13.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%40.5%2011: 45.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22%2011: 20.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 9.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.1%2016: 16.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.3%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.4%2016: 4.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.2%2016: 20.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.6%2016: 4.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.5%2016: 26.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%50.3%2016: 43.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.7%2016: 88.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.8%2016: 9.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.5%2016: 2.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%58.8%2016: 67.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%40.2%2016: 30.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.2%2016: 83.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.8%2016: 16.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%60.4%2016: 60.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.9%2016: 7.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%16.8%2016: 17.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.1%2016: 3.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.1%2016: 6.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.6%2016: 5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%13.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89%2016: 84.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.7%2016: 11.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 3.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021