Fairview No. 136
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,580
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
- 44 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 42 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.1% (estimated) · 2016: 21.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.2%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19%2016: 14%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.3%2011: 34.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.3%2011: 36% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 4.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.7%2016: 21.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.9%2011: 6.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.9%2016: 16.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35%2016: 34.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.4%2016: 17.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.8%2016: 21.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.3%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.1%2016: 98.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.9%2016: 1.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.7%2016: 91.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.7%2016: 7.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.3%2016: 85.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.7%2016: 14.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.4%2016: 84.7%
- 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: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%14.6%2016: 15.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%98%2016: 99.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 1.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021