Yarmouth
Town · Nova Scotia · Population 10,067
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.2% · 2016: 24.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.6%2016: 14%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 10.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.1%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.8%2016: 22.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.1%2011: 26.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.3%2011: 34.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 8.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.6%2016: 25.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.3%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15%2016: 18%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.1%2016: 20.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.8%2016: 10.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.9%2016: 36%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.1%2016: 15.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%82.9%2016: 82.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%17.1%2016: 17.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90%2016: 90%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.4%2016: 8.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.2%2016: 85.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.8%2016: 14.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.3%2016: 93.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 1.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.5%2016: 2.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 1.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.8%2016: 96.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 1.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021