Hawkesbury
Town · Ontario · Population 10,194
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: 49.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.5 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.7% · 2016: 42%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.8%2016: 12.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.2%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.4%2016: 18.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.7%2016: 32.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.9%2016: 27.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13%2011: 16.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.8%2011: 28.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.9%2011: 12.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.5%2016: 40.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.5%2016: 24.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.2%2016: 32.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.3%2016: 9.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.3%2016: 25.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.8%2016: 8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%12.5%2016: 9.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%20.7%2016: 22%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%66.6%2016: 68.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%18.9%2016: 15.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%72.4%2016: 78%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.7%2016: 6.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%51.5%2016: 50.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%48.5%2016: 49.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%35.8%2016: 36.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.5%2016: 13.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.1%2016: 5.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%16%2016: 16.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29%2016: 28.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90%2016: 87.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.7%2016: 8.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021