Balgonie
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 1,756
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
- 36.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 33.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.6% (estimated) · 2016: 29.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.1%2016: 23.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.1%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.5%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.3%2016: 7.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.5%2011: 48.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.8%2011: 26.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.7%2016: 11.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 5.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.3%2016: 5.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.1%2016: 33.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.6%2016: 11.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.3%2016: 28%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.7%2016: 20.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98%2016: 98%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2%2016: 2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97.4%2016: 96.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2%2016: 3.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.4%2016: 95.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.8%2016: 4.9%
- Band or local government housing0.8%2006: 1.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92%2016: 84.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 3.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.4%2016: 3.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 6.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.2%2016: 97.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 2.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021