Sackville
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 6,099
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: 44.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34% · 2016: 32.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.8%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 20%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 29.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.2%2016: 24.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.9%2011: 24.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.9%2011: 31.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 7.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.8%2016: 30%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.6%2011: 8.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.6%2016: 7.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.1%2016: 29.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.5%2016: 7.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.6%2016: 22.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%37.4%2016: 33.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%78%2016: 79.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%21.9%2016: 20.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.4%2016: 91.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.5%2016: 3.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.1%2016: 4.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.8%2016: 73.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.2%2016: 26.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.2%2016: 71.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 3.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.1%2016: 4.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22.5%2016: 15.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.2%2016: 2.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83%2016: 81.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%15.2%2016: 15.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021