Gambo
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 1,816
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
- 52.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 17.5% · 2016: 29.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.8%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 32.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.2%2016: 24.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.5%2011: 27.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41%2011: 39.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.2%2016: 18.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.6%2016: 19.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31%2016: 29%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.8%2016: 15.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.2%2016: 31.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%5.4%2016: 5.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.6%2016: 98.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.4%2016: 1.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%99.2%2016: 99.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.6%2016: 0.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.9%2016: 84.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.1%2016: 15.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92%2016: 93.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.1%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.5%2016: 3.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%47.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85%2016: 89.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.9%2016: 3.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.4%2016: 4.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.7%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021