Marystown
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 5,204
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
- 50.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43 years (estimated) · 2016: 47 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.4% · 2016: 26.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.1%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.6%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.1%2016: 34.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.2%2016: 19.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.8%2011: 32.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33%2011: 29.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.6%2011: 10.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.8%2016: 22.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 5.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.2%2016: 17.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22%2016: 14.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.1%2016: 16.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%38.5%2016: 41.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95%2016: 94%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.9%2016: 6.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%98.1%2016: 98.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71%2016: 74.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.8%2016: 25.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.2%2016: 83.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.7%2016: 7.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.1%2016: 1.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.5%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91%2016: 88.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.7%2016: 3.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021