Pictou
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 3,107
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
- 53.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.5% · 2016: 28.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 12.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.4%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.3%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.3%2016: 28.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.1%2011: 23.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.8%2011: 26.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12%2011: 13.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.8%2016: 37.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.2%2011: 4.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.5%2016: 14.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28%2016: 26.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.1%2016: 14.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.4%2016: 28.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.2%2016: 15.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.8%2016: 94.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.2%2016: 5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%95.2%2016: 95.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.8%2016: 2.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.2%2016: 64%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.1%2016: 36%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71%2016: 71.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.8%2016: 3.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.7%2016: 9.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.8%2016: 13.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%49.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91%2016: 90.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.9%2016: 6.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021