Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.07.6% of households rent their home, below 95% of Canadian towns
17% of residents said they have no religion (Canada’s towns: 35%). Children under 15 account for 20%. At 13%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 84% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census found 640 households in Flatrock; by July 2025 the population was about 1,938.
+2% since 2016, a pace below 62% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; −2% across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 13%.
A median age of 40: Flatrock is younger than 63% of Canadian towns
Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 35–39: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across Canada’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.3%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
A lower share of one-person households than 89% of Canadian towns, at 16%
Private households by type and size.
Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Against a figure of 8.2% across Canada’s towns, the share of one-parent families in Flatrock comes in at 7%. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Households here average 2.7 people each.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 85% of Canadian towns: 57%
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The share of common-law partners is 14%, against 11% across Canada’s towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
A higher share of households in single-detached houses than 94% of Canadian towns, at 93%
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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. For comparison, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 55% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 8.4% built before 1961.
Half above, half below $115,000 a year in household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Flatrock had $115,000 before tax, 34% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $63,600 is the median household income across Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 25% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 71% of Canadian towns: 9.1%
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 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants: 0.8%, below 98% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. The census found that 0.5% of residents are not Canadian citizens in Flatrock.
Flatrock ranks above 62% of Canadian towns on Indigenous residents: 3.9%
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 0.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. By way of comparison, 2.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity across Canada’s towns.
98% have English as their mother tongue; 6.1% also speak French
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
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.9%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. On bilingual residents, Flatrock sits lower than 62% of Canadian towns: 6.1%.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 20% in Flatrock, less than in 67% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 2.9% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 60%
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Employment here, 60%, matches the middle of Canada’s towns (58%) within a couple of points.
No nearby town is as young as Flatrock
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock | 1,938 | — | 40 | 13% | 0.8% |
| Pouch Cove | 2,270 | 6.4 km | 43.2 | 17% | 1.2% |
| Torbay | 8,297 | 6.6 km | 42.8 | 14% | 2.6% |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove | 2,601 | 8.9 km | 46.8 | 19% | 4.4% |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 15.4 km | 43.2 | 15% | 3.8% |
| St. John's | 128,693 | 17.8 km | 42 | 20% | 7% |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 19.1 km | 56.8 | 31% | 0.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canada’s towns. Provincial and national yardsticks: Newfoundland and Labrador’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.
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
Questions about Flatrock’s residents
Is Flatrock bilingual?
6.1% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 93% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.9%.
How diverse is Flatrock?
Immigrants: 0.8% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.8%. Indigenous identity: 3.9%.
What religion are people in Flatrock?
17% said they have no religion and 83% that they are Christian; 0% named another faith.
Is Flatrock good for families?
20% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 69% of households and one-parent families 7%. Schools near Flatrock are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Flatrock?
Half of Flatrock’s households had more than $115,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Flatrock?
About 1,938, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 1,722 people in Flatrock, 2% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Flatrock?
The median age is 40. 20% are under 15 and 13% 65 or older.
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).