Valleyview
Small town · Alberta · Population 1,673
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
- 41.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.8% (estimated) · 2016: 52.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.9%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 27.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.4%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.3%2016: 18.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.5%2011: 23.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25%2011: 27.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 10.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.8%2016: 32.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.1%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.5%2016: 24.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.1%2016: 20.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.8%2016: 14.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.1%2016: 27.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.8%2016: 13.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.7%2016: 97.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.7%2016: 2.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.5%2016: 86.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.1%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.4%2016: 11.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.9%2016: 54.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.1%2016: 46.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.6%2016: 62.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3%2016: 2.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.8%2016: 8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.8%2016: 11.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%24.2%2016: 14.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.6%2016: 81.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.3%2016: 17%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021