Prairie Lakes
Small town · Manitoba · Population 1,625
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 20.1% (estimated) · 2016: 27.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.1%2016: 17.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.3%2016: 35.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.3%2016: 23.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.8%2011: 21.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%43.7%2011: 39.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.2%2011: 4.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.4%2016: 28.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3%2011: 3.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.7%2016: 16.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36%2016: 37.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.7%2016: 14.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.3%2016: 24.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.3%2016: 8.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.4%2016: 95.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.1%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.5%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83%2016: 83.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.8%2016: 13.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.3%2016: 91%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.4%2016: 9.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.9%2016: 95.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.5%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.9%2016: 4.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.8%2016: 88.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.1%2016: 6.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.1%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021