Photo: ValerieWalking · CC BY-SA 2.05.1% of households rent their home, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 3.6%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. The 2021 Census found 480 households in Newcastle; by July 2025 the population was about 1,166. Residents with no religion: 20% of the total. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 84% of Canadian towns.
A larger share of bilingual residents than 86% of Canadian towns: 40%
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. 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
Where 1.5% of residents have French as their mother tongue across Canada’s towns, Newcastle has 27%. The benchmark for bilingual residents across Canada’s towns: 7.5%.
Slower than most: +1% since 2016, behind 70% of Canadian towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2021 censuses and the latest estimate, with the 2016–2021 change beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +3% across New Brunswick’s towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 69% of Canadian towns, at 22%
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Here one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 11%. Across Canada’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
A higher share of one-parent families than 80% of Canadian towns, at 10%
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across Canada’s towns, 2.4. The comparison figure for one-parent families is 8.2% across Canada’s towns. In Newcastle, 26% of households are one person living alone.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 67% of Canadian towns don’t reach
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. In Newcastle, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
Newcastle: 84% of households live in a single-detached house, above 80% of Canadian towns
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
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. Older homes outnumber new: 16% predate 1961, 14% date from 2001 or later. Nearly one in ten homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
Before tax, the median household income is $67,000 a year
Census incomes cover 2020, when emergency benefits like CERB lifted many households’ totals. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Household incomes run lower in Newcastle: half had less than $67,000, 22% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across New Brunswick’s towns is $73,300. COVID-19 benefits were paid to 25% of residents with an income, where the typical town had 28%.
3.1% of residents are immigrants
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Most recent wave: 71% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%). Fewer immigrants than in 89% of Canadian towns: 3.1%.
Newcastle sits above 79% of Canadian towns for Indigenous residents (7%)
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns, against 3.1% in Newcastle. Set beside that, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
4.3% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, fewer than in 99% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
22% of those aged 25 to 64 have no formal credential, where the typical town has 9.5%.
A job for 37% of residents aged 15 and over
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 37%, fewer residents are in work than the typical 58% across Canada’s towns, and 22% are 65 or over.
Newcastle sits below 3 of its 4 closest neighbours on median age
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–26 km from Newcastle.
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 New Brunswick’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: New Brunswick’s towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents, and all Canadian towns of that size. No whole city and no First Nations reserve is in either median.
- 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.
Questions about Newcastle’s residents
What religion are people in Newcastle?
Christian: 78%. No religion: 20%. Another religion: 1.7%.
Is Newcastle good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 17%. 57% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Newcastle are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Newcastle?
$67,000 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Newcastle (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Newcastle?
Statistics Canada estimates 1,166 residents for July 2025; the 2021 Census counted 1,149 in Newcastle, 1% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Newcastle?
49.6 is the median age. Under 15: 17%. 65 and over: 22%.
Is Newcastle bilingual?
English and French: 40% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 59%. French only: 0.9%. French mother tongue: 27%.
How diverse is Newcastle?
Immigrants make up 3.1% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 3.1% are members of a visible minority, and 7% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).