Riverview
Town · New Brunswick · Population 20,584
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.1% · 2016: 33.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 16%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.8%2016: 24.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.2%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.1%2016: 19.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.5%2011: 29.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.6%2011: 30.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.2%2016: 25.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 8.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.4%2016: 6.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.3%2016: 28.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.9%2016: 7.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.5%2016: 34.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%26%2016: 23.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%70.4%2016: 72.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.2%2016: 27.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.1%2016: 88.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8.5%2016: 8.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.5%2016: 3.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.1%2016: 77%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.9%2016: 23%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%63.6%2016: 64.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8%2016: 7.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.5%2016: 5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.8%2016: 14.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.8%2016: 2.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.5%2016: 4.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.2%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 3.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021