Virden
Small town · Manitoba · Population 3,118
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: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 41 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.7% (estimated) · 2016: 39.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.8%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.7%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.7%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.2%2016: 23.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.4%2011: 23.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.6%2011: 31.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 5.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.4%2016: 34.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 4.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.1%2016: 13.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.7%2016: 29.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 9.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.8%2016: 18.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.4%2016: 96.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.1%2016: 3.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.9%2016: 90%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.1%2016: 8.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.4%2016: 73.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.6%2016: 26.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.9%2016: 76.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 3.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.1%2016: 14%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.3%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 3.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.8%2016: 89.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.1%2016: 9.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021