Wellington
Small town · Prince Edward Island · Population 1,811
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
- 51.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19.5% (estimated) · 2016: 24.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 15% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.4%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.8%2016: 36.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.1%2016: 17.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.4%2011: 33.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%40.4%2011: 39% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 5.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.1%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.8%2011: 6.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.3%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.2%2016: 28.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.4%2016: 10.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%35.1%2016: 31.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.4%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%44.6%2016: 44.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.8%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%54.5%2016: 54.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%53.7%2016: 52.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%41.6%2016: 44.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.7%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.6%2016: 90.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%6.4%2016: 8.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.5%2016: 90.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.3%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%9%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.8%2016: 95.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 0% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021