Lincoln
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 7,519
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: 39.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 39 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.8% · 2016: 37.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 17.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.8%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.6%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.4%2016: 11.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.2%2011: 31.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.4%2011: 30.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 10.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.4%2016: 21.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 8.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.2%2016: 10.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.6%2016: 31.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.1%2016: 9.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.8%2016: 32.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.5%2016: 17.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%79.7%2016: 80.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.7%2016: 0.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19.5%2016: 18.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.6%2016: 89.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8.1%2016: 8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.3%2016: 2.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93%2016: 92%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7%2016: 7.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.2%2016: 55.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%40%2016: 41.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%32.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.6%2016: 96.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021