Yarmouth
Small town · Nova Scotia · Population 6,829
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.6 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.5% · 2016: 46.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.8%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 29.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.1%2016: 25%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.7%2011: 15.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.2%2011: 22.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12%2011: 14.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.9%2016: 41.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.3%2011: 10%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.7%2016: 20.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.1%2016: 22.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.8%2016: 8.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.9%2016: 32.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.7%2016: 16.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84.3%2016: 83.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.3%2016: 16%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.1%2016: 88.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%6.5%2016: 7.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.4%2016: 3.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%43.9%2016: 43%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%56.1%2016: 56.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%44%2016: 45.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.1%2016: 11.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.6%2016: 4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6%2016: 6.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%32.1%2016: 31.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%47.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.1%2016: 87.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.4%2016: 10.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021