Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of renter households than 96% of Canadian towns: 70%
12% of residents are under 15; across Canada’s towns the figure is 16%. The 2021 Census counted 28,021 residents in 14,735 households. Across Austinville, 44% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 85% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Austinville
A neighbourhood of renters
70% of households rent their home, more than in 96% of Canadian towns; 69% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
45% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 18% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Austinville is younger than 56% of Canadian towns: a median age of 41
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
No age band is larger than 25–29: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. Among Nova Scotia’s towns, Lunenburg has the highest share aged 65 or over, at 36%. Across Austinville, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Austinville, 41. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
A larger share of one-person households than 94% of Canadian towns: 45%
Private households by type and size.
Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The typical household size is 1.9 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Shared houses stand out: 8% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 91% of Canadian towns. Across the comparison, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. Census figures put one-parent families at 8.6% in Austinville.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 37% of adults (typical: 27%). Census figures put common-law partners at 14% in Austinville. Against that, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Fewer households in single-detached houses than 87% of Canadian towns: 24%
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
The share of households in buildings of five or more storeys tops 83% of Canadian towns: 15%. Elsewhere, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns.
Half of households earn more than $60,200 a year
The census asked about income in 2020: a pandemic year, with CERB and other emergency benefits counted in. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Austinville’s median household took in $60,200 before tax, 30% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Household incomes across Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $69,100. 30% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A larger share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 65% of Canadian towns: 9.4%
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
Against a figure of 17% across Canada’s towns, the share of immigrants in Austinville comes in at 9.2%. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (42%) and in Europe (26%). The usual figure: 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns.
In Austinville, 3.9% of residents have an Indigenous identity, more than in 62% of Canadian towns
Visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion, as residents answered the census.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Sikh (2.1%). Across Canada’s towns, the share of Indigenous residents is 2.8%. Compared with 15% across Canada’s towns, 18% of residents belong to a visible minority here.
Bilingual residents make up 11% in Austinville, more than in 63% of Canadian towns
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
Nothing unusual on residents whose mother tongue is French: 2.2%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. At home, 5.9% mostly speak another language; 0.3% speak neither English nor French. The comparison figure for bilingual residents is 7.5% across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 35% in Austinville, more than in 64% of Canadian towns
From no certificate to a master’s: residents 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 9.6% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
An employment rate of 57%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
57% of residents 15 and over have a job, in line with the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
Youngest by rank: 20th of 41 towns of 26,960 to 29,077 people
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Picton is the oldest at 56.8, Montagne the youngest at 32.2. Closest in median age to Austinville are Clairlea-Birchmount (40), Marpole (40.3), Bedford (41.3) and Don Valley Village (41.4).
2 of the 6 nearest towns are older than Austinville
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each links to its own page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austinville | 28,021 | — | 41 | 18% | 9.2% |
| Manor Park | 14,148 | 2.6 km | 41.2 | 19% | 8.4% |
| North End | 19,733 | 2.8 km | 33.3 | 14% | 14% |
| Windsor Park | 13,044 | 3.2 km | 35.4 | 14% | 14% |
| Schmidtville | 18,105 | 4.0 km | 29 | 13% | 15% |
| Woodlawn | 20,925 | 4.0 km | 43.7 | 18% | 7.9% |
| Fairview | 16,296 | 5.0 km | 36.1 | 14% | 22% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Nova Scotia’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Nova Scotia’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. 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.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Austinville’s residents
Is Austinville bilingual?
11% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 89% English only. French is the mother tongue of 2.2%.
How diverse is Austinville?
9.2% of residents are immigrants (Canada’s towns: 17%); 18% belong to a visible minority and 3.9% have an Indigenous identity.
What religion are people in Austinville?
48% are Christian and 44% have no religion; 8.4% follow another religion.
Is Austinville good for families?
Under 15: 12% (Canada’s towns: 16%). Couple families: 35% of households. One-parent families: 8.6%. Schools near Austinville are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Austinville?
The median household in Austinville took in $60,200 in 2020, against $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Austinville?
28,021, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Austinville alone.
What is the average age in Austinville?
A median age of 41, younger than 56% of Canadian towns. Children under 15 make up 12%, and people 65 and over 18%.
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).