Quispamsis
Town · New Brunswick · Population 18,768
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: 40.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.5% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.3%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.9%2016: 24%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.9%2016: 29.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.1%2016: 14.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%37.1%2011: 43.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32%2011: 30%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.7%2016: 14.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 6.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.1%2016: 4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.3%2016: 22.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 7.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.3%2016: 31.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%40.5%2016: 35%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%77.1%2016: 78.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22.5%2016: 21.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.9%2016: 91.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.1%2016: 4.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 3.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.4%2016: 92.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.6%2016: 7.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83%2016: 85.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 1.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.3%2016: 4.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.4%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.9%2016: 6.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%29.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.8%2016: 96%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.3%2016: 1.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021