Cambridge
Small city · Ontario · Population 138,479
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.9% · 2016: 36.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.7%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.1%2016: 12.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.6%2016: 26.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 28%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16%2016: 14.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.4%2011: 34%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.1%2011: 23.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 10.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.2%2016: 22.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.8%2011: 10.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.1%2016: 13.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.8%2016: 31%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.2%2016: 7.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.2%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.7%2016: 18.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.7%2016: 92.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.4%2016: 5.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.8%2016: 1.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%74.6%2016: 79.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.3%2016: 19.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.9%2016: 70.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.1%2016: 29.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.8%2016: 58.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.3%2016: 7.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.3%2016: 11.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.4%2016: 3.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14%2016: 13%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.9%2016: 5.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.3%2016: 90.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.3%2016: 4.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021