Deseronto
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,747
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.8% · 2016: 34.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.9%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.4%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30%2016: 29.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.6%2016: 17.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.9%2011: 27.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.3%2011: 26.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 13.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.9%2016: 27.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.8%2011: 7.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.9%2016: 24.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.4%2016: 29.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 10.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36%2016: 29.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%5.7%2016: 6.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.8%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.2%2016: 3.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97.4%2016: 96.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 2.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.1%2016: 70.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.9%2016: 29.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.8%2016: 73%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.1%2016: 4.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 4.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.7%2016: 12.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%55.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.6%2016: 92.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 4.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021