Kingston
Small city · Ontario · Population 132,485
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
- 41.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46% · 2016: 43.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 25.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.7%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.1%2016: 19.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.4%2011: 23.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26%2011: 25.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.9%2016: 32.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.1%2011: 10.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.2%2016: 7.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.3%2016: 24.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.4%2016: 5.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.6%2016: 29.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%36.6%2016: 32.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.8%2016: 86%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.4%2016: 13.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.9%2016: 84.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.1%2016: 3.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14%2016: 11.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%55.8%2016: 59.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%44.2%2016: 40.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48%2016: 49.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.4%2016: 7.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.9%2016: 6.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4%2016: 3.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.3%2016: 15.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%16.8%2016: 16%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.5%2016: 78.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.2%2016: 8.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.5%2016: 9.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 2.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021