St. Stephen
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 4,510
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.8% · 2016: 35.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 16.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 29%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.7%2016: 22.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19%2011: 21.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.8%2011: 23.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.6%2011: 12.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.8%2016: 36%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.7%2011: 7.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.1%2016: 13.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.2%2016: 31.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.1%2016: 7.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.7%2016: 30.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.7%2016: 16.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.7%2016: 89.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.8%2016: 10.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.3%2016: 95.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 2.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.2%2016: 2.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.2%2016: 63.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%39.5%2016: 36.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.4%2016: 64.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.8%2016: 6.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.2%2016: 2.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26%2016: 22.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2016: 2.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%55.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.6%2016: 91.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.3%2016: 6.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021