Marathon
Small town · Ontario · Population 3,138
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.7% · 2016: 32.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.4%2016: 15.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 10.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.1%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.4%2016: 36.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.1%2016: 13.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.6%2011: 27.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.3%2011: 33.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.5%2016: 28.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6%2011: 3.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.5%2016: 13.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.7%2016: 26.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.6%2016: 14.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.4%2016: 33.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.9%2016: 12.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84%2016: 83.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.2%2016: 16.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.3%2016: 86%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%9.4%2016: 9.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.3%2016: 4.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.3%2016: 77.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.3%2016: 22.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.9%2016: 74.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.9%2016: 3.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.9%2016: 15.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.7%2016: 6.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%51.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.2%2016: 87%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.1%2016: 10.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021