Cochrane
Town · Alberta · Population 32,199
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: 39.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 51.4% (estimated) · 2016: 56.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.2%2016: 21.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.5%2016: 31%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.8%2016: 26%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.2%2016: 11.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.9%2011: 36.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.6%2011: 30.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.5%2011: 7.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.5%2016: 18.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.5%2011: 7.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.4%2016: 5.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.8%2016: 22%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.3%2016: 11%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.5%2016: 31.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31.8%2016: 29.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.6%2016: 90.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.1%2016: 9.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88%2016: 89.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.8%2016: 8.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 21.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 22.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.7%2016: 85.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.3%2016: 14.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%59.8%2016: 62.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%14.3%2016: 13.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%14.9%2016: 11.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10%2016: 10.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%8.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%46.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%19.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 90.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 2.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.9%2016: 2.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021