Milton
Small city · Ontario · Population 132,979
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
- 36 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.3 years
- Average household size
- 3.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 3 · 2016: 3.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.2% · 2016: 48.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%24%2016: 25.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30%2016: 32.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.6%2016: 21.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.9%2016: 9.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%47.9%2011: 44.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%17.7%2011: 23.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%12.8%2016: 13.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.5%2011: 11.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.8%2016: 5.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18%2016: 20.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.6%2016: 4.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.3%2016: 27.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%50.3%2016: 41.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.4%2016: 90.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.8%2016: 8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.8%2016: 1.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%55.6%2016: 62.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%43.3%2016: 36.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.6%2016: 85.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.4%2016: 14.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.7%2016: 58.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.4%2016: 10.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%22.8%2016: 21.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.8%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.5%2016: 4.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%13.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%8.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%56.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%16.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.2%2016: 88.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.7%2016: 8.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 2.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021