Kawartha Lakes
Small city · Ontario · Population 79,247
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34% · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.3%2016: 13.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 10.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 32.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.2%2016: 25.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.1%2011: 25.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.9%2011: 35%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.6%2016: 24.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.1%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.1%2016: 12.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.1%2016: 32.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.2%2016: 10.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.8%2016: 32.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.7%2016: 11.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.4%2016: 95.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.4%2016: 4.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.9%2016: 94%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.2%2016: 4.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.8%2016: 82.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.2%2016: 17.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.8%2016: 83.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2%2016: 2.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.8%2016: 6.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2.2%2016: 2.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.2%2016: 93.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 4.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021