Malahide
Small town · Ontario · Population 9,308
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
- 37.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 34.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.6 years
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 · 2011: 3.2 · 2016: 3.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.4% · 2016: 29.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.4%2016: 25.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.5%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.1%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.5%2016: 25.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.6%2016: 13.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%39.3%2011: 43%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.3%2011: 31.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.5%2011: 4.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.9%2016: 15.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 7.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%25.5%2016: 30.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29%2016: 26.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.6%2016: 8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.2%2016: 26.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 8.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.2%2016: 95.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2%2016: 2.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.8%2016: 2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%71%2016: 65.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.4%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%28.6%2016: 33.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.2%2016: 82.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.8%2016: 17.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.2%2016: 92.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.5%2016: 4.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.3%2016: 95.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021