Barrhead
Small town · Alberta · Population 4,320
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.1% · 2016: 44.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 17.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 10.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 21.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.2%2016: 23.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30%2016: 27.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.1%2011: 21.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.2%2011: 28.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 8.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.4%2016: 35%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.4%2016: 17.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.3%2016: 29.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.2%2016: 12.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.1%2016: 23.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.3%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.3%2016: 95.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.7%2016: 4.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.8%2016: 84.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.1%2016: 13.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.1%2016: 69.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.6%2016: 30.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68.9%2016: 69.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.1%2016: 6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.5%2016: 5.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 7.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12%2016: 8.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.1%2016: 2.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.4%2016: 84%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.7%2016: 11.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021