Vaughan
City · Ontario · Population 323,103
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: 39.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.2 years
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.4 · 2011: 3.3 · 2016: 3.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.8% · 2016: 29.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.6%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.5%2016: 25%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.1%2016: 28.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.3%2016: 14.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.7%2011: 48.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.1%2011: 18.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.2%2016: 12.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.9%2011: 15.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.8%2016: 8.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.9%2016: 21.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.2%2016: 5.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23%2016: 24.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%46.1%2016: 40.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.7%2016: 89.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.1%2016: 6.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.1%2016: 4.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%45.2%2016: 45.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%54.2%2016: 54.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.9%2016: 89.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.1%2016: 10.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.5%2016: 64.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.7%2016: 8.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%11%2016: 10.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.4%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.2%2016: 2.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%13.2%2016: 10.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%6.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%42.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%39.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.8%2016: 84.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.5%2016: 12.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 1.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021