Tracadie
Town · New Brunswick · Population 16,043
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: 45.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 18%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.6% (estimated) · 2016: 20.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11%2016: 12%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.1%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.3%2016: 35.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.8%2016: 21.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.8%2011: 26.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.3%2011: 26.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11%2011: 11.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.7%2016: 26.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.2%2011: 10.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%28.2%2016: 31.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.6%2016: 21.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.7%2016: 11.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.8%2016: 25.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.7%2016: 10.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.9%2016: 0.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%52%2016: 54.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%47.1%2016: 45.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.2%2016: 2.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96%2016: 96.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.4%2016: 80.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.5%2016: 19.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.9%2016: 78.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.9%2016: 4.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.4%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.8%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.6%2016: 93%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 1.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021