Irricana
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,179
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: 38.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2016: 37.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.6%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28%2016: 28%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.7%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14%2016: 9.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.7%2011: 31.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.7%2011: 28.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.3%2016: 21.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.8%2011: 12.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.6%2016: 18.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36.5%2016: 29.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.2%2016: 14.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 31%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%4.4%2016: 5.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.2%2016: 95.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.4%2016: 4.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.5%2016: 93.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.2%2016: 5.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.2%2016: 87.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.8%2016: 13.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.3%2016: 75.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.8%2016: 7.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 6.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%8.6%2016: 9.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%47.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.8%2016: 95.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 3.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.1%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021