Bas-Caraquet
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,311
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
- 58 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.6 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 15.3% · 2016: 17.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%7.6%2016: 8.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.7%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.4%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.1%2016: 39.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34%2016: 26.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.3%2011: 23.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.1%2011: 24%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 12.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35%2016: 31.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.8%2011: 11.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%27%2016: 35.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.2%2016: 23.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 15%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31%2016: 21.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%5.6%2016: 4.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.8%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%69.4%2016: 70.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.8%2016: 28.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.2%2016: 97.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.8%2006: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.5%2016: 84%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.5%2016: 16%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.9%2016: 90.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.6%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.1%2016: 3.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.4%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%42.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.5%2016: 92.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021