Plaster Rock
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,002
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
- 56 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.4 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.2% · 2016: 25.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.9%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 10.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.9%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.3%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.3%2016: 28.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.7%2011: 22%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.7%2011: 32%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.6%2011: 11%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.7%2016: 33%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.3%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6%2016: 11.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%47.6%2016: 45.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6%2016: 9.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.4%2016: 27.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.9%2016: 6.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.8%2016: 88.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.2%2016: 10.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.3%2016: 93.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.1%2016: 6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 0.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.5%2016: 67.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.5%2016: 31.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.8%2016: 77.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.1%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.3%2016: 4.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.7%2016: 12.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%44.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.2%2016: 84.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 9.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 4.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021