Beresford
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 6,226
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
- 50.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.1% · 2016: 17.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.5%2016: 21.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.5%2016: 37.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.1%2016: 18.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.2%2011: 28.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.9%2011: 36.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.6%2016: 22.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.3%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14%2016: 21.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.2%2016: 24.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.1%2016: 12.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37.9%2016: 31.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12%2016: 10.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%5%2016: 3.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%26.5%2016: 29.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%68.5%2016: 67%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%9.6%2016: 8.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%87.7%2016: 90.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.7%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.3%2016: 87.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.7%2016: 11.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.4%2016: 88.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.6%2016: 4.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.2%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.6%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%40.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96%2016: 95.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.5%2016: 1.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021