Trent Lakes
Small town · Ontario · Population 6,439
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
- 58 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.1% · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.9%2016: 9.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.5%2016: 7.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.9%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.2%2016: 39%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.4%2016: 30.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.8%2011: 19.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%44.2%2011: 48.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.1%2011: 5.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.2%2016: 23.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 5.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.6%2016: 11.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.9%2016: 27.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.6%2016: 15.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.7%2016: 31.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.5%2016: 14.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.3%2016: 94.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.5%2016: 5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.8%2016: 92.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.4%2016: 6.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%94.1%2016: 94.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.1%2016: 5.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%98.6%2016: 99%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.2%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.3%2016: 93.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 4.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.6%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021