Duchess
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,053
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
- 36.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 31.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 32.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 51.4% · 2016: 36%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.8%2016: 27.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.9%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 30%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.3%2016: 21.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.4%2016: 6.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%37.3%2011: 40.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28%2011: 26.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.7%2016: 16.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.3%2016: 20%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26%2016: 37.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.5%2016: 14.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.9%2016: 20%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.4%2016: 6.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.2%2016: 97.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.4%2016: 1.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.1%2016: 88.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10%2016: 10.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.9%2016: 88%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.1%2016: 12%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.8%2016: 78.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.3%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%10.5%2016: 20.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%29.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.3%2016: 94.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 4.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021