Salisbury
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 3,377
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.1% · 2016: 23.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.5%2016: 17.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.3%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.4%2016: 31.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.3%2016: 18.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.7%2011: 29.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.8%2011: 33.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 6.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.2%2016: 21.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 10.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.9%2016: 11.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%38.4%2016: 42.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.2%2016: 10.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33%2016: 27.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%4.5%2016: 8.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84%2016: 85.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.8%2016: 14.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.7%2016: 95.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3%2016: 2.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.3%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.7%2016: 92.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.6%2016: 8.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.5%2016: 92.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.3%2016: 6.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.2%2016: 96.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 1.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021