Elgin
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,064
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 20.2% · 2016: 19.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.6%2016: 12.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.5%2016: 6.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.7%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.6%2016: 34.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.7%2016: 27.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.6%2011: 20.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33%2011: 42%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.1%2011: 3.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.9%2016: 31%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.4%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13%2016: 15.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.3%2016: 39.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13%2016: 6.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.9%2016: 31.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.2%2016: 8.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.1%2016: 88.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.4%2016: 10.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.9%2016: 92.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.3%2016: 3.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.8%2016: 3.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%95.9%2016: 92.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%4.1%2016: 8.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.9%2016: 97.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.1%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.7%2016: 93%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 0%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 2.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021