Perth
Small town · Ontario · Population 6,469
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
- 58.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.1 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.5% (estimated) · 2016: 39.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.7%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.9%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.8%2016: 28.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%38.9%2016: 33.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%12.1%2011: 15.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 28.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%43.3%2016: 42%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.3%2011: 5.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.7%2016: 11.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.5%2016: 31%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.6%2016: 8.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.1%2016: 31.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.7%2016: 17.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.2%2016: 89.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.6%2016: 9.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.5%2016: 94.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.4%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4%2016: 3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%55.8%2016: 57.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%44.3%2016: 42%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50.6%2016: 52%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9%2016: 9.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.9%2016: 4.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%31.7%2016: 29.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%41.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.8%2016: 77.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.4%2016: 18.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 1.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021