Beaumont
Town · Alberta · Population 20,888
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
- 35.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 33.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 33.2 years
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 3.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.9% (estimated) · 2016: 48.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%25.5%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.4%2016: 33.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.8%2016: 22.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.3%2016: 5.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.5%2011: 48.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.3%2011: 24.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 7.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.5%2016: 11.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5%2016: 5.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.3%2016: 26.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.2%2016: 14.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.8%2016: 32.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.6%2016: 21.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84.8%2016: 84.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14.3%2016: 14.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83%2016: 85.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.5%2016: 4.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.5%2016: 10.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.2%2016: 86%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.8%2016: 13.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80%2016: 81.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.6%2016: 7.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.4%2016: 6.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.6%2016: 5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%11.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%50.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%15.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.6%2016: 92.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 2.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021