Minden Hills
Small town · Ontario · Population 6,971
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
- 58.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.1% · 2016: 33.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.5%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.4%2016: 7.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.8%2016: 15.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.5%2016: 34%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.7%2016: 32.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.9%2011: 20.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.1%2011: 39%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.2%2016: 28.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8%2011: 8.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.7%2016: 16.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.3%2016: 29.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.6%2016: 10.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.3%2016: 29.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.2%2016: 14.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95%2016: 95.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.9%2016: 4.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.2%2016: 92.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.9%2016: 6.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.5%2016: 87.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.5%2016: 12.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.9%2016: 94.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 1.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.5%2016: 3.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2006: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.8%2016: 94.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 2.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021