Southgate
Small town · Ontario · Population 8,716
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
- 36 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 41 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.2% (estimated) · 2016: 30.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.9%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 13.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.7%2016: 21%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.2%2016: 31.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.9%2016: 14%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.3%2011: 34%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.8%2011: 32.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 5.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.4%2016: 21%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.9%2011: 8.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.5%2016: 28.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.8%2016: 26.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.6%2016: 11.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 25.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.3%2016: 8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.3%2016: 93.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.9%2016: 3.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.6%2016: 2.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%76.1%2016: 79.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%23.1%2016: 19.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.6%2016: 86.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.6%2016: 13.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.4%2016: 91%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.5%2016: 4.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.9%2016: 91.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 4.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 2.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021