Blackfalds
Town · Alberta · Population 10,470
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
- 31.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 30.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 30.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.1% (estimated) · 2016: 61.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%26.6%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%38%2016: 40.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%18.6%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%6.2%2016: 3.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.4%2011: 38.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.4%2011: 25.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 7.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18%2016: 15.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.8%2011: 12.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 13.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32%2016: 29.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17%2016: 19.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.2%2016: 30.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.3%2016: 7.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.4%2016: 95%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.3%2016: 4.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.2%2016: 93.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.7%2016: 4.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.8%2016: 83.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.2%2016: 16.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.8%2016: 76.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.7%2016: 3.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.8%2016: 12.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4%2016: 2.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.5%2016: 4.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%7.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%60.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%14.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.8%2016: 96%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021