Plympton-Wyoming
Small town · Ontario · Population 8,308
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
- 45.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.7% · 2016: 28.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.7%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.9%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 31.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22%2016: 19.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.2%2011: 35.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.1%2011: 36%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.2%2016: 18.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.4%2011: 4.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.2%2016: 5.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.7%2016: 24.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.5%2016: 12.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%39%2016: 39.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.5%2016: 18.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.7%2016: 95.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5%2016: 4.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.4%2016: 93.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.5%2016: 5.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.2%2016: 88.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.8%2016: 11.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.4%2016: 90.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.6%2016: 2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.1%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.2%2016: 95.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 2.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021