Brockville
Town · Ontario · Population 22,116
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: 46.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.3% (estimated) · 2016: 42.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.4%2016: 20.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.6%2016: 29.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.9%2016: 26.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.7%2011: 18.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.2%2011: 27.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.5%2011: 10.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.6%2016: 37.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.9%2011: 7.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.7%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.9%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.5%2016: 32.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.8%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.2%2016: 89% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.4%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.1%2016: 90.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.7%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.2%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%57.1%2016: 56.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%42.9%2016: 43.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%47.5%2016: 48.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.7%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%27.7%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.4%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.2%2016: 83.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.7%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021