Mayerthorpe
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,259
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.2% (estimated) · 2016: 39.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.8%2016: 22%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.6%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31%2016: 25.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.7%2011: 25.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.4%2011: 30% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.7%2011: 7.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.4%2016: 32.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 6.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%26.6%2016: 21.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.7%2016: 29.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.3%2016: 15.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21%2016: 26%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.3%2016: 9.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.8%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.2%2016: 3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93%2016: 92.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.2%2016: 5.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.4%2016: 74.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.6%2016: 25.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%69.6%2016: 66.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 2.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 1.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.9%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%22.5%2016: 23.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%48%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.4%2016: 85.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%17.5%2016: 12.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 1.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021