Perth
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,047
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
- 54.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.6% · 2016: 22.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.8%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.2%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.1%2016: 17.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.8%2016: 35.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.6%2016: 24.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 27.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%43.2%2011: 41.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.3%2016: 22.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 2.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.5%2016: 9.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%44.4%2016: 50%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.7%2016: 9.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21%2016: 18.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.3%2016: 12.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.1%2016: 86.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.9%2016: 13.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.3%2016: 92.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.8%2016: 6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.4%2016: 89.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.6%2016: 9.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.8%2016: 97.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2011: 4.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91%2016: 97.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.4%2016: 0%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021