Bright
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 3,317
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 21.5% · 2016: 26%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 10.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 23.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.7%2016: 31.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.4%2016: 17.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.9%2011: 32.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.3%2011: 36.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.2%2016: 18.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 4.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.9%2016: 13.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.6%2016: 23.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8%2016: 10.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.7%2016: 30.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.1%2016: 21.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.8%2016: 88.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.1%2016: 11.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.3%2016: 94.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.5%2016: 4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.3%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.6%2016: 91.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.8%2016: 8.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.6%2016: 89.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.2%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.7%2016: 7.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.3%2016: 96%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 2.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021