Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Queensland sits below 92% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.7%)
Here just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 27%. The 2021 Census counted 4,452 residents in 1,790 households. Residents with no religion: 48% of the total. Fewer renter households than in 63% of Canadian towns: 20%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 60% of Canadian towns: 17%
Figures are from the 2021 Census unless dated otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
Children under 15: 15% here and 16% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. The median age in Queensland is 42.2, higher than in 51% of Canadian towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Queensland, 42.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
10% of households are one-parent families, a share 80% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Queensland, 2.5. To put it in context, 8.2% of households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of common-law partners than 68% of Canadian towns: 13%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law.
69% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 57% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. The comparison figure for households in single-detached houses is 64% across Canada’s towns.
Half above, half below $95,700 a year in household income
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
At $95,700, the middle household in Queensland out-earned the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000) by 11%. Among Alberta’s towns, the typical figure is $92,200. Pandemic benefits reached 31% of residents with an income, against a typical 28%.
More immigrants than 54% of Canadian towns: 19%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (44%) or in Europe (34%). Immigrants: 17% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. Recent arrivals are 28% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns.
More Indigenous residents than 71% of Canadian towns: 5.1%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
17% of residents belong to a visible minority. To put it in context, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 82%, and 5.4% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
1.9% of residents have French as their mother tongue, about the same as across Canada’s towns. At home: English 89%, French 0.3%. Lower than in 70% of Canadian towns: 5.4% of residents speak English and French.
Fewer degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 71% of Canadian towns: 19%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No diploma or degree: 9.9% here, 9.5% in the typical town. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 61%
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 61% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Among 41 towns of 4,372 to 4,540 people, the 17th oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
The youngest is Glenridding Heights (31.9) and the oldest Highlands East (58.8). The towns whose median age is nearest to Queensland’s: Saint-Anselme (41.2), Bellerive (41.8), Deer Ridge (42.6) and New Maryland (43.6).
Every neighbour of Queensland has an older population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland | 4,452 | — | 42.2 | 17% | 19% |
| Deer Ridge | 4,454 | 1.6 km | 42.6 | 18% | 20% |
| Lake Bonavista | 11,154 | 1.7 km | 46.5 | 25% | 15% |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 13,333 | 1.8 km | 43.7 | 17% | 23% |
| Parkland | 3,652 | 2.0 km | 50.6 | 28% | 13% |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 2.3 km | 42.8 | 20% | 20% |
| Willow Park | 6,891 | 3.2 km | 46.7 | 24% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. There is no census profile for a neighbourhood, so we add up the dissemination areas inside it. Each count is a sum of Statistics Canada’s rounded counts, the median age and income come from the published groups, and with 2016’s areas drawn differently there is no 2016 count.
Questions about Queensland’s residents
Is Queensland good for families?
Children under 15 are 15% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 55% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Queensland are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Queensland?
Median total household income in Queensland was $95,700 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Queensland?
4,452, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Queensland alone.
What is the average age in Queensland?
Half the residents are older than 42.2 and half younger, older than 51% of Canadian towns; 15% are children under 15 and 17% are 65 or over.
Is Queensland bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 5.4% are. Another 0% speak only French and 94% only English, and French is the first language of 1.9%.
How diverse is Queensland?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 19%. A visible minority makes up 17% and Indigenous residents 5.1%.
What religion are people in Queensland?
Most often Christian (50%) or no religion (48%); other religions make up 2.8%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).