Bathurst
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 4,761
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
- 52.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.7% · 2016: 18.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.2%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 20.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34%2016: 36.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.9%2016: 20.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.9%2011: 28.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41.2%2011: 38.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.1%2016: 20.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.6%2011: 7.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14%2016: 18.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.6%2016: 29.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.5%2016: 13.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.6%2016: 28.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.3%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%32.2%2016: 31.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%5.3%2016: 6.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%62.5%2016: 61.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%48.7%2016: 47.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%46.8%2016: 49.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.4%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.7%2016: 93.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.3%2016: 6.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.8%2016: 94.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.1%2016: 2.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%38.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 94.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.5%2016: 1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.9%2016: 3.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021