Didsbury
Small town · Alberta · Population 5,070
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.4% (estimated) · 2016: 40.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 18.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.5%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.2%2016: 23.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 27%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.3%2016: 20.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.7%2011: 28%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.8%2011: 32.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.4%2016: 23.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.5%2011: 9.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.4%2016: 18.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.6%2016: 24.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.4%2016: 14.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.9%2016: 32.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14%2016: 10.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.4%2016: 97%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.5%2016: 2.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.9%2016: 93.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.4%2016: 5.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79%2016: 80.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.3%2016: 19.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.7%2016: 71.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.3%2016: 6.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.3%2016: 7.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 3.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.1%2016: 5.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.3%2016: 5.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.8%2016: 89.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.6%2016: 7.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.6%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021