Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part
Small town · Ontario · Population 2,546
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24% · 2016: 28.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.5%2016: 16.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.4%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.8%2016: 36%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.3%2016: 15.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.6%2011: 28.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.6%2011: 34.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.8%2011: 6.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.7%2016: 22.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.2%2011: 7.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.5%2016: 19.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.8%2016: 23.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.7%2016: 15.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.9%2016: 29.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.8%2016: 12.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%40.8%2016: 43.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%7.9%2016: 8.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%51.3%2016: 47.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%44.6%2016: 44.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%48.3%2016: 48.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.1%2016: 7.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.4%2016: 82.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.1%2016: 17.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.3%2016: 89.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 3.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.9%2016: 2.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.5%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.9%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.4%2016: 81.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.2%2016: 3.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.8%2016: 12%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 2.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021