Bishop's Falls
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 3,082
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: 47.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.7% · 2016: 23.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.9%2016: 12%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.4%2016: 36.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.2%2016: 23.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.7%2011: 25.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37%2011: 37.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.9%2016: 25.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.3%2016: 21.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.7%2016: 28.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.6%2016: 12.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.1%2016: 31.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.9%2016: 6.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.7%2016: 99%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.2%2016: 1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%99.3%2016: 99.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.4%2016: 78.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.9%2016: 21.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.3%2016: 80.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.4%2016: 6.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 2.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.2%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.1%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 1.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.6%2016: 91.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 2.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021