Yellowhead County
Town · Alberta · Population 10,426
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43 years (estimated) · 2016: 43 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.5% (estimated) · 2016: 31.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.7%2016: 19%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.4%2016: 22.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 32.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.2%2016: 15.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.5%2011: 29.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.5%2011: 35.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 5.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24%2016: 22.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 7.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.1%2016: 21.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.1%2016: 31.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18%2016: 17.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.3%2016: 8.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.5%2016: 95%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.2%2016: 4.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.4%2016: 91.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.2%2016: 6.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.2%2016: 83.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.8%2016: 16.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79%2016: 78%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 0.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.1%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%18.9%2016: 19.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%34%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.2%2016: 94%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 2.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 2.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021