Cariboo C
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,239
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 49 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.9% · 2016: 32.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.5%2016: 8.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.6%2016: 22.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.9%2016: 36.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 18%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.8%2011: 26%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36%2011: 34.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 6.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.8%2016: 29.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.1%2016: 25.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%38.8%2016: 35%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.2%2016: 12.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.1%2016: 19.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6%2016: 7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.6%2016: 97.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.4%2016: 2.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96%2016: 94.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.8%2016: 4.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.6%2016: 83%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.4%2016: 17%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68.2%2016: 66.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%30.9%2016: 32.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%58.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.6%2016: 94.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 0%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021