Kindersley
Small town · Saskatchewan · Population 4,567
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.2% · 2016: 42.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.4%2016: 17.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.6%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.3%2016: 25.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.3%2016: 15.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.1%2011: 26.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.8%2011: 25.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.5%2016: 32.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.5%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.9%2016: 12.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.7%2016: 33.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.5%2016: 12%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26%2016: 27%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.5%2016: 14.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%98.1%2016: 97.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.6%2016: 2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.4%2016: 90.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12%2016: 9.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.3%2016: 73.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.7%2016: 26.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.6%2016: 69.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 3.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 2.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.6%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.8%2016: 13%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.8%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%9.3%2016: 10.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 91.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.8%2016: 7.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021