Coalhurst
Small town · Alberta · Population 2,869
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
- 32 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 33.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 31.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.6% (estimated) · 2016: 44.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%25.1%2016: 25.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.7%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.7%2016: 32%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.6%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.6%2016: 9.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.1%2011: 35.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.4%2011: 28.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 8.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18%2016: 16%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.2%2011: 10.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 11.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.2%2016: 32.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13%2016: 16.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.4%2016: 24.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.1%2016: 15.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.8%2016: 96.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.8%2016: 89.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.2%2016: 9.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81%2016: 83.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.5%2016: 16%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.1%2016: 78.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.9%2016: 3.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.3%2016: 6.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%9.8%2016: 10.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%39.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.7%2016: 94.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.2%2016: 2.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021