Swift Current
Town · Saskatchewan · Population 16,750
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: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.7% (estimated) · 2016: 42.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.6%2016: 25.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.3%2016: 26.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.3%2016: 19.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24%2011: 24.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.6%2011: 29.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34%2016: 32.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.4%2011: 6.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.6%2016: 10.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.7%2016: 34.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.8%2016: 11.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.2%2016: 25.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.6%2016: 17.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.2%2016: 95.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.5%2016: 4.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84.4%2016: 85.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.6%2016: 12.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.7%2016: 71.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.4%2016: 28.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66%2016: 66.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.1%2016: 4.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.7%2016: 18.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.5%2016: 1.7%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2016: 1.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.8%2016: 90.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 6.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021