A larger share of Indigenous residents than 80% of Canadian towns: 7.3%
Recent arrivals are 45% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The share of residents without Canadian citizenship stands at 11%. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 14% here, fewer than in 79% of Canadian towns. Athlone had 3,242 residents in 1,235 households at the 2021 Census.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 76% of Canadian towns: 13%
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Athlone’s residents are under 40, younger than in 63% of Canadian towns. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 8% of residents. On children under 15, 16% here is much the same as across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Athlone, 40. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
Athlone households average 2.6 people, larger than in 70% of Canadian towns
Private households by type and size.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: nearly one in ten households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 92% of Canadian towns. On the census count, one in ten households are one-parent families. Against a figure of 27% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-person households in Athlone comes in at 26%.
Fewer common-law partners than 75% of Canadian towns: 7.7%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, against 43% in Athlone. Across Canada’s towns, the share of common-law partners is 11%.
Athlone ranks above 65% of Canadian towns on households in single-detached houses: 75%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
Older homes outnumber new: 34% predate 1961, 17% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. As a yardstick, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Just over a quarter of households rent their home; across Canada’s towns the figure is 25%.
The median household brings in $89,700 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $89,700, the middle household in Athlone earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. The pandemic’s benefits: 37% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
In Athlone, 34% of residents are immigrants, more than in 78% of Canadian towns
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most immigrants were born in Asia (67%) or in Africa (15%). Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 13%, more than in 64% of Canadian towns.
More visible minority residents than 79% of Canadian towns: 42%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (5.6%) and Buddhist (2.8%). On average, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Set against 35% across Canada’s towns, 36% of residents said they have no religion in Athlone.
65% have English as their mother tongue; 6.4% also speak French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 77%, French 0.6%. Set against 7.5% across Canada’s towns, 6.4% of residents speak English and French in Athlone.
22% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 62% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 16% (typical 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
59% of residents 15 and over were in work
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
At 59%, the share in work is about the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Ranked by age, 14th youngest of 41 towns this size
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast is the oldest at 61.2, Coalhurst the youngest at 32. Miller (39.6), Hazeldean (39.9), Seven Oaks (40.3) and Erlton (40.3): the towns nearest Athlone in median age.
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Athlone
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlone | 3,242 | — | 40 | 14% | 34% |
| Wellington | 3,314 | 1.2 km | 36.5 | 14% | 22% |
| Calder | 4,221 | 1.7 km | 39.1 | 14% | 27% |
| Kensington | 3,697 | 1.7 km | 47 | 26% | 23% |
| Hudson | 3,634 | 1.8 km | 36.8 | 11% | 45% |
| Sherbrooke | 7,131 | 2.1 km | 38.9 | 14% | 25% |
| Woodcroft | 2,770 | 2.2 km | 43.9 | 27% | 24% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Alberta’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
Questions about Athlone’s residents
Is Athlone good for families?
16% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 46% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Athlone are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Athlone?
Half of Athlone’s households had more than $89,700 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Athlone?
The 2021 Census counted 3,242 people in Athlone.
What is the average age in Athlone?
The median age is 40, younger than 63% of Canadian towns. 16% are under 15 and 14% 65 or older.
Is Athlone bilingual?
English and French: 6.4% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 93%. French only: 0.2%. French mother tongue: 1.4%.
How diverse is Athlone?
Immigrants: 34% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 42%. Indigenous identity: 7.3%.
What religion are people in Athlone?
36% said they have no religion and 53% that they are Christian; 11% named another faith.
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).