Oakville
Small city · Ontario · Population 213,759
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
- 41.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.8% · 2016: 37.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.1%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.6%2016: 22.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.6%2016: 30%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.7%2016: 14.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.7%2011: 42.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.2%2011: 22.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 8.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.2%2016: 17.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.9%2011: 9.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.9%2016: 4.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.6%2016: 16.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.8%2016: 3.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.8%2016: 22.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%61%2016: 53%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.7%2016: 86.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11%2016: 11.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 1.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%57.4%2016: 64.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%41.2%2016: 34.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.5%2016: 81.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.5%2016: 18.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.6%2016: 61.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 3.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%17%2016: 16.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.4%2016: 4.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%12.2%2016: 11.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%27%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.2%2016: 78.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.1%2016: 16.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 3.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021