Bathurst
Town · New Brunswick · Population 12,157
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
- 53.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.5 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35% · 2016: 33.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.9%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 32%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.2%2016: 28.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.2%2011: 19.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.8%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.9%2011: 9.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.7%2016: 37.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.5%2011: 6.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.3%2016: 18.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.4%2016: 27.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.2%2016: 7.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.7%2016: 28.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.5%2016: 18%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%32.4%2016: 30.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%7.5%2016: 7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%60%2016: 61.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%46.6%2016: 46.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%47%2016: 49%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.4%2016: 4.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.4%2016: 62.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%39.7%2016: 37.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.9%2016: 58.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.4%2016: 7.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.7%2016: 9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.2%2016: 18.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.1%2016: 90.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.6%2016: 6.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 2.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021