Camrose
Town · Alberta · Population 18,772
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.9% · 2016: 48.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.9%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.7%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.3%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.9%2016: 25.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.1%2016: 21.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21%2011: 22.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.5%2011: 28.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 8.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.9%2016: 31.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 9.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.8%2016: 12.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.7%2016: 29.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.3%2016: 12.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.7%2016: 26.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.7%2016: 20%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.8%2016: 95.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.9%2016: 3.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.4%2016: 89.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.7%2016: 9.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.9%2016: 66.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.1%2016: 33.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.4%2016: 61.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.9%2016: 7.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.5%2016: 5.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19.7%2016: 20.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.2%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.1%2016: 89%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 7.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 1.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021