Carstairs
Small town · Alberta · Population 4,898
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
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 49.9% (estimated) · 2016: 50%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.6%2016: 22.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 9.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.6%2016: 27.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.8%2016: 27%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.2%2016: 13.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.2%2011: 31.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.9%2011: 33.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 6.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.4%2016: 18.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.3%2011: 8.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9%2016: 10%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.5%2016: 31.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17%2016: 12.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.5%2016: 33.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.2%2016: 11.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.3%2016: 96.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.5%2016: 3.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.3%2016: 93.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.6%2016: 4.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.4%2016: 91.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.6%2016: 9.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.9%2016: 81.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.6%2016: 4.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.8%2016: 4.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.8%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.9%2016: 7.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%41.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%14.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.2%2016: 90.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 5.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 2.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021