Cocagne
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 2,757
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 52 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.9% (estimated) · 2016: 26.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.5%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.5%2016: 7.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.7%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.6%2016: 35%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.3%2016: 25%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 23.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.1%2011: 39% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 8.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.5%2016: 22.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.1%2011: 8.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.1%2016: 18.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26%2016: 24.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.9%2016: 8.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.6%2016: 36.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.4%2016: 12.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%15.2%2016: 11.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%5.9%2016: 7.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%79.1%2016: 80.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%21.8%2016: 17.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%74%2016: 80.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.2%2016: 2.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.4%2016: 89.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.2%2016: 9.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.9%2016: 89.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.3%2016: 5.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95%2016: 96.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 1.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021