Springfield
Town · Manitoba · Population 16,142
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.1% · 2016: 29.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.1%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.2%2016: 22.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 32.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.5%2016: 13.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%36.7%2011: 41%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.4%2011: 33.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.4%2011: 4.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.2%2016: 15.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.3%2011: 4.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.4%2016: 9.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.3%2016: 28.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.8%2016: 12.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.4%2016: 28.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.1%2016: 21.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.4%2016: 90.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.2%2016: 9.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%86.4%2016: 86.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.3%2016: 10.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%94.5%2016: 95.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%5.5%2016: 4.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.7%2016: 94%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.8%2016: 2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.5%2016: 2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.6%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%26.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.7%2016: 97.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 0.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021