Oshawa
Small city · Ontario · Population 175,383
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.4% · 2016: 39.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 12.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.1%2016: 25.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 28.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.7%2016: 16.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.1%2011: 26.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.8%2011: 23.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.2%2011: 11.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.3%2016: 26%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.6%2011: 12.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.2%2016: 12.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.1%2016: 31.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.1%2016: 7.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.1%2016: 32.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.5%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.5%2016: 92.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.4%2016: 6.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.5%2016: 84.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.8%2016: 13.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.2%2016: 68.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.8%2016: 31.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.5%2016: 55.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8%2016: 8.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.7%2016: 9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.5%2016: 5.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.7%2016: 9.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%11.4%2016: 11.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88%2016: 84.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.3%2016: 9.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021