Goderich
Small town · Ontario · Population 7,881
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
- 52.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.3% · 2016: 37.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.6%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32%2016: 27.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18%2011: 21.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.9%2011: 32.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.9%2011: 8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.7%2016: 34.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 4.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.4%2016: 10.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.9%2016: 33.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.3%2016: 9.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.5%2016: 30.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.1%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.6%2016: 95%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.2%2016: 4.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.4%2016: 94.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 4.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.1%2016: 67.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.6%2016: 32%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.6%2016: 68.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.9%2016: 4.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.4%2016: 19.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2011: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%45.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.8%2016: 83.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.9%2016: 11.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2%2016: 3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021