Bancroft
Small town · Ontario · Population 4,065
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
- 56 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.8% · 2016: 40.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.2%2016: 12.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.6%2016: 17%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.1%2016: 30.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.1%2011: 19.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.8%2011: 30.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35%2016: 36%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 9.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.2%2016: 21.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 28.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.8%2016: 10.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.7%2016: 27.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.4%2016: 11.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.9%2016: 95.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.2%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 4.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.6%2016: 62.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.4%2016: 37.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.9%2016: 72.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.2%2016: 4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18.9%2016: 19.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2006: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.3%2016: 89.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.9%2016: 9.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021