Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 8,415
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28% · 2016: 28.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 9.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.9%2016: 27.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.8%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.1%2016: 12.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%37.1%2011: 39%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.5%2011: 29.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 6.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.7%2016: 15.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 9.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.2%2016: 8.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.5%2016: 18.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9%2016: 10.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35%2016: 33.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.2%2016: 30.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.6%2016: 91.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.3%2016: 8.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%98%2016: 98.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.5%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.8%2016: 87.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14%2016: 12.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.2%2016: 89.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.6%2016: 8.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%33.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.7%2016: 95.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 1.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.5%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021