Mount Pearl
Town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 22,477
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.2% · 2016: 29.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.6%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.6%2016: 25.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.9%2016: 32.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.6%2016: 16.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 32%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.2%2011: 26.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 10.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.3%2016: 23.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.6%2011: 9.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.6%2016: 8.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.3%2016: 24.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.4%2016: 9.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35.4%2016: 36.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.3%2016: 21%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.2%2016: 93.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.7%2016: 6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97.8%2016: 98.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71%2016: 72.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29%2016: 27.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%45.4%2016: 45.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.5%2016: 7.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.3%2016: 9.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%34.4%2016: 34.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.4%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%38.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%40%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.7%2016: 93.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 1.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.8%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021