Ramara
Town · Ontario · Population 10,377
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
- 54.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.8% · 2016: 32.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.4%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.6%2016: 17.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.9%2016: 35%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.8%2016: 25.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.8%2011: 24.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.2%2011: 40.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24%2016: 23.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.3%2011: 9.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.8%2016: 14.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.2%2016: 30.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8%2016: 10.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.5%2016: 33%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.3%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.8%2016: 95.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 4.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.9%2016: 91.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.2%2016: 7.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.2%2016: 90.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.7%2016: 9.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.3%2016: 91.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.1%2016: 6.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2016: 1.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.4%2016: 96%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 1.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021