Saugeen Shores
Town · Ontario · Population 15,908
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: 48.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.1% · 2016: 35.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.7%2016: 8.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.9%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.4%2016: 30%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.1%2016: 24.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.5%2011: 24.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.1%2011: 36.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.7%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29%2016: 28.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.6%2011: 5.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.7%2016: 7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.4%2016: 21.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.1%2016: 9.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%31.7%2016: 38.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35.2%2016: 24.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.4%2016: 92.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.3%2016: 7.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.3%2016: 91.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.2%2016: 6.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.3%2016: 79.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.6%2016: 20.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.9%2016: 77.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.9%2016: 4.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.7%2016: 6.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 0.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.7%2016: 10%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.7%2016: 88.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.7%2016: 7.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2%2016: 1.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021