Woodstock
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 5,553
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
- 45.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.5% · 2016: 37.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.9%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.6%2016: 23.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.7%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25%2016: 21.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.3%2011: 21.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.9%2011: 25.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 10.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.7%2016: 34.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 8.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.5%2016: 10.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.7%2016: 34.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 6.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.8%2016: 28.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.9%2016: 20.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.5%2016: 88.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.8%2016: 10.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87%2016: 90.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.3%2016: 7.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56.3%2016: 57.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.7%2016: 42.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.5%2016: 59%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3%2016: 3.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 3.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.2%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.4%2016: 26.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.6%2016: 4.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 92.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 3.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 2.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021