Wetaskiwin
Town · Alberta · Population 12,594
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 54.4% (estimated) · 2016: 48.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.4%2016: 24.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.3%2016: 25.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.5%2016: 20%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.3%2011: 21.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.1%2011: 27%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.2%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.4%2016: 29.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12%2011: 11.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.1%2016: 19.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.5%2016: 29.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.5%2016: 11.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.7%2016: 24.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.4%2016: 14.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.8%2016: 96%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%2.9%2016: 3.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%84.9%2016: 84.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.2%2016: 14.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.4%2016: 63.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.6%2016: 36.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.2%2016: 59%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.8%2016: 6.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.5%2016: 8.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.2%2016: 3.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18.8%2016: 19.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.5%2016: 3.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.2%2016: 89.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.8%2016: 6.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021