Clarenville
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 6,704
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.3% · 2016: 37.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.5%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.3%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 27.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.4%2016: 17.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.8%2011: 31.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.8%2011: 29.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 9.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 23%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 8.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 10.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.8%2016: 20.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.5%2016: 12.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.4%2016: 37.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.5%2016: 20%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.3%2016: 96.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.5%2016: 3.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%98.3%2016: 98.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.5%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66%2016: 68.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34%2016: 31.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.5%2016: 73.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 3.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.7%2016: 3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%20%2016: 12.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.9%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.8%2016: 93.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.9%2016: 1.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 3.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021