Sussex
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 2,579
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
- 46.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 45 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.2% · 2016: 21.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.9%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20%2016: 20.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.2%2016: 34.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.8%2016: 16.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.4%2011: 34.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.6%2011: 31.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.2%2016: 20.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 7.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.5%2016: 13.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36.4%2016: 33.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.9%2016: 10%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.9%2016: 31%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.7%2016: 11.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.8%2016: 86.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14%2016: 13.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%96.9%2016: 96.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.1%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.7%2016: 89.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.8%2016: 10.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.2%2016: 86.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.9%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1%2016: 1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%11%2016: 10.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.2%2016: 94.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 2.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021