Taber
Small town · Alberta · Population 7,447
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
- 27.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 27.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 27.6 years
- Average household size
- 3.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.4 (estimated) · 2011: 3.4 (estimated) · 2016: 3.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.1% (estimated) · 2016: 30.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%31.5%2016: 31.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.8%2016: 15.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.9%2016: 23%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%19.7%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.1%2016: 8.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%46.7%2011: 50.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.4%2011: 28.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.8%2011: 3.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.7%2016: 14.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.3%2011: 4.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%46.1%2016: 42.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.1%2016: 24.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.4%2016: 16.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8.7%2016: 8.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.1%2016: 93.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.3%2016: 5.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%46%2016: 44.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.1%2016: 0.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%53.8%2016: 54.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.4%2016: 81.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.8%2016: 18.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.6%2016: 90.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.3%2016: 8.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 96.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021