Hillsborough
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,348
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32% · 2016: 29.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.9%2016: 16%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 10.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26%2016: 23%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.3%2011: 24.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.9%2011: 29.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.9%2011: 11.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.7%2016: 27.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 7.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.4%2016: 8.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%41.2%2016: 35.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.2%2016: 8.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29%2016: 30.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 17.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.8%2016: 86.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.4%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.5%2016: 12.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.5%2016: 95.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5%2016: 3.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.5%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.3%2016: 75.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.7%2016: 25.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.8%2016: 74.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.6%2016: 3.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.7%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.4%2016: 14.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.7%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%45.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.3%2016: 92.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.3%2016: 5.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.3%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021