Dieppe
Town · New Brunswick · Population 28,114
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.9% (estimated) · 2016: 39.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.5%2016: 29.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.3%2016: 26.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17%2016: 14.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.8%2011: 31.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.7%2011: 29.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.2%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.3%2016: 24.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 10.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5%2016: 6.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.2%2016: 20%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.2%2016: 7.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.5%2016: 31.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.1%2016: 34.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%22.1%2016: 17.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%7%2016: 8.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%70.5%2016: 74%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%24.7%2016: 23.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%63.9%2016: 70.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.4%2016: 5.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.8%2016: 72.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.2%2016: 27.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.2%2016: 51.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%14.6%2016: 14%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.4%2016: 7.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.1%2016: 5.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.5%2016: 17.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.2%2016: 3.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%12.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%45.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94%2016: 91.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 3.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 3.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021