Gander
Town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 11,880
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.5% · 2016: 41%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 16.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.1%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 25.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.1%2016: 17.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.3%2011: 30.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32%2011: 30.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.2%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.9%2016: 25.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.6%2011: 7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.8%2016: 10.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.9%2016: 23.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11%2016: 10.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.9%2016: 35.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.4%2016: 19.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.5%2016: 92.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.4%2016: 7.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.6%2016: 97.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.1%2016: 65.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.9%2016: 34.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.1%2016: 65%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.9%2016: 7.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.6%2016: 5.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.4%2016: 9.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.7%2016: 12.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.5%2016: 91.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 4.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021