Pembroke
Town · Ontario · Population 14,364
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
- 46.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.3% · 2016: 37.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 27%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.6%2016: 25.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.9%2011: 20%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25%2011: 26%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.4%2011: 9.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.3%2016: 37.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.5%2011: 8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.5%2016: 16.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.1%2016: 31.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.4%2016: 7.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.1%2016: 30.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.7%2016: 14.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.8%2016: 85.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.7%2016: 14.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.8%2016: 89.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%6%2016: 6.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.3%2016: 4.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%57.8%2016: 58.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%42.2%2016: 41.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.8%2016: 59.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.8%2016: 7.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.6%2016: 4.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.8%2016: 24.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%47.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.1%2016: 88.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.4%2016: 8.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021