Strathcona County
Small city · Alberta · Population 99,225
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: 40.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.5% · 2016: 35.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 19%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 25.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 29.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.6%2016: 14%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.3%2011: 38.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.4%2011: 30.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.4%2016: 17.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 8.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.3%2016: 5.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.9%2016: 24.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.4%2016: 13.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.6%2016: 30.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%26.8%2016: 25.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93%2016: 92.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.6%2016: 6.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88%2016: 88.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.3%2016: 10%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.8%2016: 89.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.2%2016: 10.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.6%2016: 80.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.7%2016: 5.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.3%2016: 4.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.7%2016: 6.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 2.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 91.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2%2016: 4.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021