Cochrane
Small town · Ontario · Population 5,390
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.6% · 2016: 33.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.9%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.1%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.6%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.8%2016: 30%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.6%2016: 18.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.8%2011: 26.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.7%2011: 31.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.2%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.1%2016: 28.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.3%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.2%2016: 23.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.7%2016: 29.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.4%2016: 10.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.8%2016: 28.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.3%2016: 8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%48.3%2016: 45%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.2%2016: 3.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%49.4%2016: 51.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%59.3%2016: 56.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%32.9%2016: 38.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.8%2016: 4.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.3%2016: 69.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.7%2016: 30.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.5%2016: 68.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.6%2016: 7.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.6%2016: 15.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6%2016: 4.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.1%2016: 87.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.7%2016: 3.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.6%2016: 6.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021