Trenton
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 2,407
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: 43.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.6% · 2016: 30.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.7%2016: 15.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.1%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21%2016: 21.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.6%2016: 31.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.7%2016: 19.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.9%2011: 24.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.7%2011: 25.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13.8%2011: 12.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.5%2016: 29.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.2%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10%2016: 15.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.8%2016: 25.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.8%2016: 14.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%34%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.2%2016: 13.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97%2016: 97.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.7%2016: 2.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%97.7%2016: 98.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.7%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.3%2016: 71%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.1%2016: 28.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.4%2016: 79.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.7%2016: 3.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.3%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.9%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.5%2016: 7.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.2%2016: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%50.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%11.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.9%2016: 97.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 0%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.6%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021