Swan Hills
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,201
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.7% · 2016: 41.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.8%2016: 28.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.9%2016: 30.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.3%2016: 9.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.6%2011: 31.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.4%2011: 28.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.8%2011: 5.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.5%2016: 25.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 12.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.8%2016: 20.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%46%2016: 34.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.8%2016: 6.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.2%2016: 20.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%7.3%2016: 18.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.2%2016: 96.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 3.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.1%2016: 91.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.2%2016: 5.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.4%2016: 72.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.6%2016: 27.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%82.5%2016: 66.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.9%2016: 6.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.8%2016: 7.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.8%2016: 17.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%64.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.8%2016: 92.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 6.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%7.1%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021