Clare
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 7,678
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
- 56 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 20.3% · 2016: 19.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.2%2016: 10.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.9%2016: 35.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31%2016: 27.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.1%2011: 22.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.2%2011: 34.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.4%2016: 29.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 7.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.1%2016: 20.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.3%2016: 18.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14%2016: 15.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.4%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.3%2016: 16.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%30.2%2016: 26.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%68.5%2016: 72.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%38.2%2016: 35.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%54.7%2016: 60.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.2%2016: 4.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.1%2016: 87%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.2%2016: 13%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.9%2016: 95%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%2016: 1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.4%2016: 95.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021