Moncton
Town · New Brunswick · Population 10,704
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.6% (estimated) · 2016: 27.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 15.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.9%2016: 25.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.5%2016: 34.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.2%2016: 15%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.7%2011: 31.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.8%2011: 36.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 6.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.9%2016: 17.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.3%2011: 9.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.4%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.1%2016: 27.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.7%2016: 11.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.1%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.6%2016: 17.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%52%2016: 54.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.9%2016: 2.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%45.1%2016: 42.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%65.1%2016: 66.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%30.7%2016: 30.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.2%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.1%2016: 93%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.8%2016: 7.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.5%2016: 82.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%13.1%2016: 14.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.1%2016: 96.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.9%2016: 1.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021