Selwyn
Town · Ontario · Population 18,653
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.2% (estimated) · 2016: 30.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.3%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.6%2016: 33.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.7%2016: 24.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.5%2011: 27.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.3%2011: 39.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 5.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22%2016: 20.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 8.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.6%2016: 8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.3%2016: 25.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.5%2016: 10.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.2%2016: 32.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.4%2016: 24.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.2%2016: 93.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.5%2016: 6.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%94.5%2016: 94.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 4.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.7%2016: 88.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.4%2016: 11.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.3%2016: 92.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.9%2016: 3.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.2%2016: 95.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021