Bridgewater
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 8,790
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: 47.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.2 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.8% · 2016: 40.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.8%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21%2016: 21.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 28.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.9%2016: 27%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15%2011: 19.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.5%2011: 29.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.7%2011: 10%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.8%2016: 36.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.9%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.5%2016: 15.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.5%2016: 23.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.5%2016: 10.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.5%2016: 33%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.1%2016: 18.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92%2016: 92.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.8%2016: 7.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.7%2016: 95.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6%2016: 3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58%2016: 56.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%42%2016: 43.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.1%2016: 49.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.9%2016: 5.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.2%2016: 2.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.8%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.1%2016: 26.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.8%2016: 1.7%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%12%2016: 11.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.4%2016: 87.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.1%2016: 9.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021