St. Clair
Town · Ontario · Population 14,659
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.1% · 2016: 27.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 10.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 30.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.6%2016: 19.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.5%2011: 32.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36%2011: 35.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.2%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.4%2016: 22.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 5.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6%2016: 7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.3%2016: 25.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.6%2016: 14.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%40.4%2016: 41%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.6%2016: 11.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.7%2016: 94.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.2%2016: 5.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96%2016: 95.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.8%2016: 2.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.3%2016: 83.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.7%2016: 16.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.2%2016: 90.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.4%2016: 4.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.1%2016: 4.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.7%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 95.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 2.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021