Coverdale
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 4,766
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.6% · 2016: 22.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 15.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.7%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.2%2016: 33.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.4%2016: 16.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.9%2011: 31.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.8%2011: 37.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19%2016: 16.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.1%2016: 10%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.5%2016: 31.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.3%2016: 9.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35.6%2016: 33%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.7%2016: 15.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%75.5%2016: 78.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.2%2016: 21.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91%2016: 92.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5.5%2016: 5.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.6%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%94.9%2016: 93.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%5.1%2016: 6.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.5%2016: 92.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 1.1%
- 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%5.4%2016: 5.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.2%2016: 96.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.1%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021