Torbay
Small town · Newfoundland and Labrador · Population 7,852
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.5% · 2016: 29.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.5%2016: 10.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.4%2016: 29.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32%2016: 28.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.9%2016: 10.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%36.9%2011: 44.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.5%2011: 24.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 9.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.4%2016: 16.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.7%2016: 7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.3%2016: 21.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.4%2016: 10%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.4%2016: 34.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%29.8%2016: 26.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.8%2016: 91.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.2%2016: 8.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%98.2%2016: 98.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.5%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.4%2016: 84.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.8%2016: 15.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.2%2016: 80.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%16.8%2016: 17.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.2%2016: 1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%35.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.6%2016: 96.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 0.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.7%2016: 2.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021