Shediac
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 5,144
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
- 51.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.5% (estimated) · 2016: 21.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.1%2016: 12.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.9%2016: 8.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21%2016: 21.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.5%2016: 35%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.6%2016: 22.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.5%2011: 25.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.1%2011: 39.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 6.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.9%2016: 24%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.9%2011: 7.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.2%2016: 13.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.8%2016: 24.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.2%2016: 9.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34.1%2016: 35.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.4%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%32.6%2016: 32.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%3.6%2016: 3.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%63.8%2016: 63.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%41.8%2016: 41.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%53.3%2016: 54.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 3.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.4%2016: 89.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.8%2016: 10.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.4%2016: 93.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 1.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.6%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2%2016: 2.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.2%2016: 95.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 1.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021