Wainwright
Small town · Alberta · Population 6,606
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
- 38 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 52.8% · 2016: 50.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.8%2016: 18%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 12.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.2%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.6%2016: 24.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.6%2016: 15.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.5%2011: 27.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.1%2011: 26.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.1%2016: 29.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.9%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34%2016: 31.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.4%2016: 13.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.9%2016: 25.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.9%2016: 16.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.3%2016: 93.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.2%2016: 6.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.4%2016: 88.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.4%2016: 3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.2%2016: 8.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.2%2016: 70.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.6%2016: 29.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.4%2016: 67.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.5%2016: 7.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.8%2016: 6.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.1%2016: 4.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.2%2016: 9.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.9%2016: 4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 89.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.9%2016: 8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021