Murray River, Part 1
Small town · Prince Edward Island · Population 1,422
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
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 15.6% (estimated) · 2016: 28.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.1%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.7%2016: 34% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.2%2016: 18.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.3%2011: 31.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.5%2011: 32.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 8.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.6%2016: 26.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 5.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%40.7%2016: 31.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.7%2016: 15.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28%2016: 29.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.8%2016: 91.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.7%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.2%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.3%2016: 95.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.7%2016: 4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.9%2016: 92.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.7%2016: 88.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.9%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%10.4%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.4%2016: 94.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021