Eckville
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,014
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.2% · 2016: 39.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.7%2016: 19.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 10.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.1%2016: 25.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.2%2016: 24.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.2%2016: 18.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 26.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.2%2011: 35.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.8%2016: 25.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 10.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14%2016: 17.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%39%2016: 39.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%20%2016: 16%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15%2016: 13.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9%2016: 13.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.4%2016: 96.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.1%2016: 4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.4%2016: 95.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.5%2016: 79.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.5%2016: 19.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.5%2016: 66.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.4%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.2%2016: 6.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.2%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%10.6%2016: 23.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.9%2016: 88%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.5%2016: 9.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 2.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021