Elk Point
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,399
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
- 41.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 55.1% · 2016: 38.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 19%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 25.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.6%2016: 24.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.3%2016: 17.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21%2011: 27%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.5%2011: 24.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.8%2011: 9.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.5%2016: 23.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.2%2011: 11.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.2%2016: 17.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35%2016: 28.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.6%2016: 10.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.5%2016: 32.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.5%2016: 11.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.6%2016: 95.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 4.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.6%2016: 85.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.2%2016: 12.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.8%2016: 78.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.2%2016: 19.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.5%2016: 79.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.5%2016: 3.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.4%2016: 5.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 10.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.5%2016: 86.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.6%2016: 11.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021