Lacombe County
Town · Alberta · Population 10,283
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.4% (estimated) · 2016: 28.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.8%2016: 18.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.2%2016: 22%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.4%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.1%2016: 15.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.1%2011: 33.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38%2011: 39.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.5%2011: 4.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.5%2016: 18.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.9%2011: 6.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.2%2016: 12.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32%2016: 28.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.7%2016: 17.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.6%2016: 29.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.3%2016: 12.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.7%2016: 96.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.9%2016: 3.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.3%2016: 91.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.9%2016: 7.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.6%2016: 85.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.4%2016: 14.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.6%2016: 87%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.1%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%11.5%2016: 11.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.3%2016: 95.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.8%2016: 2.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021