Carbonear
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 4,696
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: 47.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 49 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.8% · 2016: 25%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.9%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 20.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.9%2016: 23.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21%2011: 28.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.1%2011: 30.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.2%2011: 10.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.5%2016: 26.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 6.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.7%2016: 14.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.3%2016: 21.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.9%2016: 18.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%37.3%2016: 33.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.6%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.5%2016: 97.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.5%2016: 2.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%98.5%2016: 98.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.3%2016: 1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.3%2016: 77.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.5%2016: 22.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.2%2016: 84.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.6%2016: 1.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.1%2016: 3.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 2.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.2%2016: 6.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.2%2016: 90.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.6%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.8%2016: 3%
Statistics Canada, 2021