Blackville
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,996
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 49 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 15.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 13.2% · 2016: 13.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.3%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.3%2016: 21%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.1%2016: 32.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.8%2016: 22.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.4%2011: 26.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.5%2011: 32.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.3%2016: 26.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.7%2011: 7.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17%2016: 23.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%43.4%2016: 33.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.6%2016: 9.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.9%2016: 27.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.6%2016: 5.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.2%2016: 95.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.1%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97.3%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.6%2016: 1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.9%2016: 94.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.1%2016: 5.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%90.3%2016: 90.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.2%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%8.5%2016: 8.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.6%2016: 92%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 3.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021