Red Deer
Small city · Alberta · Population 100,844
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.4% (estimated) · 2016: 51%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.1%2016: 13%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.1%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.4%2016: 25.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.1%2016: 12%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.6%2011: 25.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.3%2011: 24.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.6%2011: 8.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.8%2016: 26.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.7%2011: 14.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.8%2016: 12%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.5%2016: 29.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11%2016: 12.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.7%2016: 26.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22%2016: 19.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.9%2016: 93.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.3%2016: 5.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%81.7%2016: 83.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17.1%2016: 15.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.8%2016: 65.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.2%2016: 34.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53.1%2016: 52.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.1%2016: 8.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.1%2016: 10.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.6%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21%2016: 21%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.5%2016: 1.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.6%2016: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%33.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 89%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.5%2016: 4.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 3.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021