Tecumseh
Town · Ontario · Population 23,300
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
- 47.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25% · 2016: 27.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 15.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 13%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.8%2016: 20.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.3%2016: 32.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.1%2016: 19.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.1%2011: 37.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31%2011: 28.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.2%2016: 20.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.4%2011: 6.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.3%2016: 5.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.3%2016: 24.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6%2016: 7.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30%2016: 33.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35.4%2016: 29.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.7%2016: 86.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.5%2016: 13%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%78.7%2016: 78.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3%2016: 3.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.3%2016: 17.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.8%2016: 87.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.2%2016: 12.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81.1%2016: 81%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.3%2016: 5.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.6%2016: 2.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.7%2016: 5.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%47.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.8%2016: 96.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 1.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021