Central Huron
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,799
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: 46.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.4% · 2016: 29.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 15.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.1%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 29.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27%2016: 23.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.3%2011: 25%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.6%2011: 37.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 28.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.9%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.2%2016: 13.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28%2016: 28%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11%2016: 12.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.4%2016: 31.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.3%2016: 14.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.7%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.1%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.5%2016: 92.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6%2016: 6.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.3%2016: 80.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.8%2016: 19.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.5%2016: 81%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 1.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.6%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.8%2016: 6.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%44.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.1%2016: 92.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.8%2016: 5.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021