Saddle Hills County
Small town · Alberta · Population 2,338
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 16.6% · 2016: 25.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.4%2016: 20.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.8%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 31.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18%2016: 15.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.1%2011: 31%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.9%2011: 39.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.5%2011: 5.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.3%2016: 19.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.1%2011: 4.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.5%2016: 26%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 32.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14.2%2016: 15.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 22.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.4%2016: 5.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.4%2016: 97.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.4%2016: 2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.2%2016: 91.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9%2016: 7.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.2%2016: 91%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.2%2016: 9.6%
- Band or local government housing0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.8%2016: 84.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.7%2016: 15.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%26.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.4%2016: 96.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.6%2016: 1.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021