Bay Roberts
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 5,974
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 20.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 20.2% (estimated) · 2016: 25.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.6%2016: 23.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.5%2016: 30.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.6%2016: 18.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.7%2011: 34% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.7%2011: 30.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 9.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.1%2016: 21.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 6.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.9%2016: 13.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.5%2016: 20%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.4%2016: 17.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.2%2016: 33.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.9%2016: 15.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.7%2016: 95.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.3%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%99.1%2016: 99%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.8%2016: 0.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.7%2016: 81.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.1%2016: 18.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.8%2016: 89%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 2.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.6%2016: 2.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.6%2016: 4.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.2%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.9%2016: 91.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 3.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 3.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021