Ingersoll
Town · Ontario · Population 13,693
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.5% · 2016: 36.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.7%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.8%2016: 29.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.1%2016: 15.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.1%2011: 30.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.6%2011: 28.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 10.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.2%2016: 25.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.4%2016: 12.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.8%2016: 32.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.2%2016: 9.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34%2016: 34%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.7%2016: 12.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.8%2016: 96.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 3.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.5%2016: 94.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.7%2016: 4.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.3%2016: 75.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.7%2016: 24.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.2%2016: 70.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.4%2016: 7.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7%2016: 7.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.6%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.4%2016: 11.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.3%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.6%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 4.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021