Lethbridge County
Town · Alberta · Population 10,120
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
- 32.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 32.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 32.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 (estimated) · 2011: 3.2 (estimated) · 2016: 3.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.2% (estimated) · 2016: 29.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%27.5%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.9%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.1%2016: 24.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.5%2011: 43.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.8%2011: 29.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.5%2011: 4.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.4%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.7%2011: 6.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.6%2016: 21.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.6%2016: 27% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.7%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.9%2016: 24.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.4%2016: 15% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.5%2016: 96.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%1.8%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%71.6%2016: 70.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%28.1%2016: 29% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.9%2016: 77% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.1%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.2%2016: 93.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.7%2016: 91.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.3%2016: 6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021