Moonbeam
Small town · Ontario · Population 1,157
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
- 55.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.8% · 2016: 34.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.4%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.3%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%39%2016: 38.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.5%2016: 23.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 21.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%44.8%2011: 43.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.8%2011: 6.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.7%2016: 23.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 4.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.7%2016: 12.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.6%2016: 28.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.9%2016: 17.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.6%2016: 32.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.5%2016: 9.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%19.9%2016: 15%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%9.5%2016: 13.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%70.6%2016: 71.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%25.1%2016: 18.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%71%2016: 78.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.9%2016: 2.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.3%2016: 88.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.6%2016: 11.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%98.1%2016: 89.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 1.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 6.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 1.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%49.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.3%2016: 88%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.6%2016: 6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2%
Statistics Canada, 2021