Central Elgin
Town · Ontario · Population 13,746
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.8% · 2016: 30.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 20.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.8%2016: 33.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23%2016: 19.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.8%2011: 34.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.1%2011: 36%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 6.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.1%2016: 18.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.9%2016: 9.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.1%2016: 27.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9%2016: 8.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.4%2016: 35.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.5%2016: 19.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.4%2016: 95.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.5%2016: 4.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.1%2016: 92.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7%2016: 6.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.7%2016: 89%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.3%2016: 11%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.6%2016: 93.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.3%2016: 2.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.1%2016: 2.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.3%2016: 95.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 3.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021