Strathmore
Town · Alberta · Population 14,339
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 56.5% (estimated) · 2016: 44.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.7%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.6%2016: 27.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.4%2016: 24.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.7%2016: 15.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.7%2011: 32.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.5%2011: 28%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.6%2016: 21.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 11.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.3%2016: 12.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.1%2016: 30.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.8%2016: 12.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.2%2016: 28.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.6%2016: 16.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.1%2016: 96.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.7%2016: 3.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90%2016: 91.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.9%2016: 7.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 20%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.2%2016: 78.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.8%2016: 21.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.7%2016: 59.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.7%2016: 11.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.2%2016: 10.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.4%2016: 12.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4%2016: 4.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%43.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 91.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 4.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 2.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021