Lunenburg
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 2,396
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
- 57.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.1 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.7% · 2016: 37.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.3%2016: 7.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.3%2016: 17%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 29.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%36.2%2016: 35.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.4%2011: 17.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.3%2011: 30.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 8.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.2%2016: 37%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 7.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.5%2016: 5.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.5%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.5%2016: 8.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.8%2016: 33.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%38.7%2016: 35.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.4%2016: 91%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.3%2016: 8.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.3%2016: 94.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.3%2016: 4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.3%2016: 64.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.2%2016: 35.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70%2016: 70.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 2.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.1%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.7%2016: 22.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%63.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%11%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%72.1%2016: 75.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%21.3%2016: 20.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.1%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021