Moncton
Small city · New Brunswick · Population 79,470
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.4% · 2016: 44.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 15%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.2%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.4%2016: 27.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.2%2016: 17.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.4%2011: 21.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.9%2011: 26.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.9%2016: 32.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.3%2011: 11.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.4%2016: 10%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26%2016: 27.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.4%2016: 6.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.2%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31%2016: 25.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%53.2%2016: 51.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.6%2016: 2.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%43.6%2016: 45.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%58.5%2016: 61.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%27.3%2016: 30.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.2%2016: 7.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%55.9%2016: 58.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%44.1%2016: 41.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%42.1%2016: 44.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.5%2016: 12.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.6%2016: 7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%30.2%2016: 27.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.2%2016: 3.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.2%2016: 3.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.7%2016: 84.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.5%2016: 5.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.5%2016: 8.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021