Paquetville
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 2,250
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
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 19.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 15.8% · 2016: 18.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.6%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.9%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.1%2016: 20.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%38%2016: 39.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.1%2016: 21%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.8%2011: 21.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.8%2011: 23.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13.9%2011: 12.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.1%2016: 27.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.3%2011: 13.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%37.3%2016: 40.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.4%2016: 24.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9%2016: 11.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.8%2016: 17.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%3.1%2016: 6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%68%2016: 69.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%31.8%2016: 29.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.8%2016: 97%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.7%2016: 83.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.8%2016: 17%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.5%2016: 87.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.9%2016: 2.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.3%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.4%2016: 2.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%38.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 92.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.1%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 3.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021