Burton
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 5,176
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
- 42 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.5% · 2016: 29.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.8%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 31.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.1%2016: 13.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.8%2011: 34.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31%2011: 31.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19%2016: 17.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.5%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.1%2016: 13.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%40.8%2016: 38.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.7%2016: 13.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.4%2016: 23.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14%2016: 11.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%80.8%2016: 82.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%18.2%2016: 17%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.1%2016: 90%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8.3%2016: 7.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 2.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.8%2016: 93.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6%2016: 6.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.8%2016: 84.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.2%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%14.5%2016: 14.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%38.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.5%2016: 97.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.9%2016: 0.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.7%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021