Red Deer County
Town · Alberta · Population 19,933
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 43 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.6% (estimated) · 2016: 29.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 17%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.3%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.3%2016: 33.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.9%2016: 14.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.3%2011: 32.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39%2011: 38% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.2%2011: 4.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.3%2016: 18.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9%2016: 12%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.6%2016: 30.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%15.9%2016: 15.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.6%2016: 29.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.9%2016: 12.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.8%2016: 96%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.6%2016: 3.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.1%2016: 92.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7%2016: 6.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.9%2016: 88.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.1%2016: 11.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81%2016: 79.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.8%2016: 1.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.8%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.6%2016: 1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%13.7%2016: 16.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94%2016: 95.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021