Beaverlodge
Small town · Alberta · Population 2,271
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.7% (estimated) · 2016: 45.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.8%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.6%2016: 26%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.7%2016: 24.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.9%2016: 16.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.3%2011: 30.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.8%2011: 31% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 7.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27%2016: 26.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.2%2011: 7.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.3%2016: 16.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%37.9%2016: 31.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.1%2016: 17%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.6%2016: 24.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.5%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.7%2016: 94.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2%2016: 5.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.4%2016: 92.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 7.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.2%2016: 75.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.8%2016: 24.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.2%2016: 71.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.8%2016: 2.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 2.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.6%2016: 6.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.3%2016: 16.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.2%2016: 91.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.1%2016: 6.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021