Deer Lake
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 4,864
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: 45.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.5% · 2016: 39.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.3%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.3%2016: 21.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.4%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.3%2016: 22.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21%2011: 27.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.6%2011: 33%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.5%2011: 11.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 22.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.2%2011: 9.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.4%2016: 15.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.8%2016: 25%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.2%2016: 15.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.1%2016: 32.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.3%2016: 11.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.7%2016: 98.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.3%2016: 1.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%98.7%2016: 99.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.1%2016: 72.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.1%2016: 27.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.9%2016: 78.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.5%2016: 5.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.9%2016: 2.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.9%2016: 6.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.3%2016: 3.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%26.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.5%2016: 87.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.9%2016: 6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 4.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021