Erin
Town · Ontario · Population 11,981
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 46 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.4% · 2016: 29.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12%2016: 13.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 19.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.7%2016: 36.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.4%2016: 15.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34.1%2011: 38%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.6%2011: 31.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.2%2016: 15.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.6%2011: 9.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.8%2016: 8.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.5%2016: 27.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 10%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.2%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%27.2%2016: 23.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.8%2016: 89.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.7%2016: 10%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.4%2016: 89%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.3%2016: 9.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90%2016: 89.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10%2016: 10.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.5%2016: 92%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.8%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.7%2016: 3.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 94.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021