Carling
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,491
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
- 58 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 52.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 56 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 21.2% · 2016: 17.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.7%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.7%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.4%2016: 15.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.1%2016: 38.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.8%2016: 29.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.8%2011: 22.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%45.3%2011: 43.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.3%2011: 2.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.8%2016: 23.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 8.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.6%2016: 11.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29%2016: 32.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.5%2016: 11%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.4%2016: 27.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.1%2016: 19.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94%2016: 94.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6%2016: 5.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.6%2016: 87.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.7%2016: 11.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%94.2%2016: 95%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%5.8%2016: 4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%97.1%2016: 97%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- 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%1.4%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%98.2%2016: 97.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 2.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021