Black Diamond
Small town · Alberta · Population 2,730
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: 43 years (estimated) · 2016: 46 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
- 37.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.6% · 2016: 42.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.8%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 7.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.5%2016: 23.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.2%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.2%2016: 22.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 23.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.6%2011: 32.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.2%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.8%2016: 25.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 10%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.9%2016: 16.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.3%2016: 29.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.5%2016: 11.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 30.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.3%2016: 12.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.2%2016: 95.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.6%2016: 3.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.8%2016: 93.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.4%2016: 4.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.4%2016: 83.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17%2016: 16.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72%2016: 74.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 5.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.7%2016: 3.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.3%2016: 9.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.2%2016: 7.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%36.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.8%2016: 94.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.3%2016: 4.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021