Clarington
Small city · Ontario · Population 101,427
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39% · 2016: 34.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.3%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.5%2016: 26.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.4%2016: 13.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.9%2011: 38.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.3%2011: 26.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.2%2016: 17.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.5%2011: 8.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.6%2016: 9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.5%2016: 26.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.8%2016: 7.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.7%2016: 37.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.5%2016: 18.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92%2016: 92.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.5%2016: 7.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87%2016: 90.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.5%2016: 7.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.7%2016: 88.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.3%2016: 11.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77.7%2016: 79%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3%2016: 3.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.7%2016: 8.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.4%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.5%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.4%2016: 91.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.2%2016: 5.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021