Flatrock
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 1,722
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: 38.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.4% · 2016: 27%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.3%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.7%2016: 33%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.4%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.8%2016: 8.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%40.6%2011: 42.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 26.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.6%2016: 13.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 10.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.9%2016: 9.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.9%2016: 29.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.3%2016: 14%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%38.7%2016: 30.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.1%2016: 15.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.3%2016: 94.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.1%2016: 4.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%98%2016: 98.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.2%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.4%2016: 89.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.6%2016: 10.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.9%2016: 92.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.5%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%13.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%43.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 94.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 0%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.4%2016: 4.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021