Thorhild County
Small town · Alberta · Population 3,042
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.2% (estimated) · 2016: 23.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14%2016: 14.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.9%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20%2016: 20.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.7%2016: 34.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.3%2016: 21.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.3%2011: 23%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.1%2011: 36.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 6.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.9%2016: 27.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 6.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.5%2016: 14.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%38.3%2016: 35.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%17.4%2016: 21%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.8%2016: 23.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%5.5%2016: 5.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.7%2016: 3.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.4%2016: 88.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.3%2016: 9.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.7%2016: 87.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.9%2016: 12.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.7%2016: 85%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.7%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%12.7%2016: 12.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%38.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94%2016: 90.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 2.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 3.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021