Pelham
Town · Ontario · Population 18,192
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.9% · 2016: 30.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 14.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.6%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 31.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.3%2016: 24.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.4%2011: 34.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.6%2011: 36.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20%2016: 18.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.2%2016: 4.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.9%2016: 21.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.6%2016: 7.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.2%2016: 32.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%38.1%2016: 33.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.2%2016: 91.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.3%2016: 7.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87%2016: 87%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11%2016: 10.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.7%2016: 89.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.4%2016: 10.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%82.8%2016: 83.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 1.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.8%2016: 5.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.1%2016: 7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.8%2016: 1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.3%2016: 94.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 3.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021