Wakefield
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 2,722
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
- 46 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.5% · 2016: 25.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.9%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.6%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.2%2016: 22.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30%2016: 31.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.9%2016: 18.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.4%2011: 32.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.5%2011: 32.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.5%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.2%2016: 22.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 6.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 9.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%37%2016: 32.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.3%2016: 13.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.1%2016: 32.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.8%2016: 12.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.8%2016: 91.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.4%2016: 9.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%95.8%2016: 96%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.1%2016: 2.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.3%2016: 85.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.7%2016: 14.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77.5%2016: 79.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.2%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.8%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.4%2016: 3.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.9%2016: 0.5%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%12.3%2016: 13.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.2%2016: 95.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021