Lambton Shores
Town · Ontario · Population 11,876
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
- 56.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.4% · 2016: 28.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.3%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 8.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.8%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.5%2016: 33.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.5%2016: 29.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.4%2011: 22.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41%2011: 40.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.8%2016: 28.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.7%2011: 3.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.8%2016: 12.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.3%2016: 29.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.1%2016: 11.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.3%2016: 32.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.6%2016: 14.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.6%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.2%2016: 3.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.1%2016: 92.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.2%2016: 6.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81%2016: 83.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19%2016: 16.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.7%2016: 84.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 3.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.6%2016: 7.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.9%2016: 90.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.6%2016: 6.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021