Stephenville
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 6,540
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
- 50.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.6 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.8% · 2016: 31.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.9%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.3%2016: 21.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.3%2016: 32.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.2%2016: 22.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.9%2011: 20.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.8%2011: 25.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.9%2011: 14.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.4%2016: 35.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8%2011: 8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.2%2016: 15.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.5%2016: 22.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.3%2016: 12%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%36.6%2016: 35.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.5%2016: 14.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.4%2016: 94.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.4%2016: 5.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97%2016: 97.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.1%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%49.1%2016: 52.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%50.9%2016: 47.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53.3%2016: 51.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.8%2016: 15.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%15.4%2016: 14.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.8%2016: 12.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%4.1%2016: 3.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%39%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.8%2016: 86.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.1%2016: 9.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021