Lunenburg
Town · Nova Scotia · Population 25,545
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
- 53.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 21.7% · 2016: 21.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.1%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 19.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.7%2016: 35.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.6%2016: 24.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 25.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.5%2011: 38.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26%2016: 24%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 6.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.7%2016: 17.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.6%2016: 24.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.2%2016: 14%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.5%2016: 29.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.9%2016: 14.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.7%2016: 94.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.2%2016: 5.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.2%2016: 96.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 2.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.9%2016: 89.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.1%2016: 10.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.1%2016: 92.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.5%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5%2016: 5.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.9%2016: 96.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.9%2016: 1.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021