Grey Highlands
Town · Ontario · Population 10,424
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.9% · 2016: 27.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 16.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 18.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.2%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.6%2016: 22.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.2%2011: 27.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.5%2011: 34.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.1%2016: 23.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.5%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.4%2016: 17.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.3%2016: 29.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 10.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.8%2016: 27.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.4%2016: 14.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.6%2016: 93.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.4%2016: 5.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 1.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84.9%2016: 86.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.3%2016: 12.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87%2016: 84.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13%2016: 15.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.9%2016: 92.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.8%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.9%2016: 4.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.8%2016: 93.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.1%2016: 5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021