Springfield
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,641
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.4% · 2016: 22.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 15.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.4%2016: 20.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.4%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.8%2016: 20.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.9%2011: 29.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.6%2011: 36.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 7.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.1%2016: 24.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 4.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 12.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.6%2016: 36.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.9%2016: 13%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.7%2016: 26.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.1%2016: 11.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.2%2016: 90.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.8%2016: 9.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97.3%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.5%2016: 0.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%94.7%2016: 88.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%5.3%2016: 11.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.4%2016: 92.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.1%2016: 5.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.6%2016: 93.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021