Fortune
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 1,285
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
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 52 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.1% · 2016: 18.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.5%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.2%2016: 16.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.7%2016: 33.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.3%2016: 27.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.7%2011: 25%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.7%2011: 39.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.8%2016: 25.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 3.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.1%2016: 28.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.7%2016: 25.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.4%2016: 18.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.9%2016: 23.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.8%2016: 2.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%99.2%2016: 98.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%99.2%2016: 98.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.1%2016: 84.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.7%2016: 15.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.5%2016: 95.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.6%2016: 1.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.3%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.8%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%57.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.8%2016: 85.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.6%2016: 2.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.1%2016: 6.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 6.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021