2019 Municipal Census Demographic Report Town of Stony Plain - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2019 Municipal Census Demographic Report Town of Stony Plain Prepared in Partnership with: ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd.

Agenda: • Project Schedule • Methodology • Highlights and Key Findings • Results Agenda Presentation Overview

Project Scope: • Encourage 30% of residents to respond online • Enumerate 99.9% of the population • Verify the census with an error rate less than 5% • Complete the census by June 12, 2019 Project Schedule for the 2019 Municipal Census: • Feb 12 to Apr 30 Project Planning • May 1 to Jun 12 Online Census Campaign • May 15 to Jun 12 Door-to-Door Campaign Scope & Schedule • Jun 12 Census Ended • Jun 12 – 30 Project reporting & QA • July 1 – 8 Final demographic report Planning and Implementation

The 2019 municipal census was limited to six key questions, which provided the Town with the following: • The number of usual residents per address as of May 1, 2019; • The age of residents; • The gender of residents; • The place of work of residents; • The type of dwelling; and • A phone number for each address completed by an Methodology enumerator (for census quality assurance purposes). Questionnaire Design

Results Highlights: • 7,329 total addresses enumerated • 100% of addresses completed • 43% of addresses completed by residents online • 99.9% of the population counted Data Quality Highlights: • 381 addresses verified; 6 errors identified • 1.57% error rate below 5% threshold identified by Alberta Municipal Affairs Key Findings: • Population and Growth Highlights & Key • Demographics by Subdivision Area • Age and Gender Demographics Findings • Household Size • Types of Occupied Dwellings Result Highlights, Quality • Place of Work Assurance & Key Findings

Enumeration Areas A total of 13 census enumeration areas (EAs) were used in the 2019 municipal census to assist enumerators with successful data collection from all residential subdivisions throughout the Town. EAs 12 and 13 are not represented on the map, as these EAs were created for categorizing collective dwellings and apartments from all EAs only. Results Enumeration Areas

Population 2019 Results • The total population for the Town of Stony Plain in 2019 was 17,842, which is an increase of 3.8% or 653 people over the 2016 federal census population count of 17,189. Population and Growth

Old Forest Town Green Old Town Old Town Lake Westerra Population by Subdivision The largest population counts occurred in the following Results subdivisions: • Lake Westerra (1,970 residents); • Old Town (1,647 residents); and Demographics by Subdivision • Forest Green (1,151 residents).

Sun Meadows North Business Park Annexed Area Annexed Area Annexed Area Annexed Area Annexed Area Population by Subdivision The lowest population counts occurred in the following Results subdivisions: • Sun Meadows (60 residents); • North Business Park (65 residents); and Demographics by Subdivision • Annexed Area (82 residents).

Male Female 48.3% 51.7% Age and Gender • In 2019, Stony Plain contains slightly more females (51.7%) than males (48.3%) • 15 residents reported their gender as “Other”, which is the Results first time Stony Plain has asked this question on gender. • Demographic trends indicate fewer children (0 to 4 years), decreases in youth/young adults (15 to 18 years) and mature adults (25 to 54 years), and an increase in age groups for Age and Gender Demographics senior populations (≥65 years).

23.3% 38.1% 15.1% 14.7% 5.8% 3.0% Household Size • Households with two people comprise the largest percentages in Stony Plain. Based on occupied dwellings, the average household size in Stony Plain is 2.58 people per household in 2019. Results • The average household sizes from the 2016 federal census was 2.66 people per household (PPH) at the provincial level, and 2.5 PPH at the national level. Household Size • The average household size in Stony Plain is similar to the national level, and slightly below the provincial level.

suite 4.5% 2.6% 0.5% 2.6% 63.4% 14.4% 10.1% 0.1% Dwelling Types • Overall, most prevalent dwelling types in Stony Plain are single detached dwellings, comprising 63.4% of the total occupied housing stock. Results • Other popular dwelling types include multi-unit dwellings (14.4%), duplexes/semi-detached dwellings (10.1%), row housing (2.6%), and manufactured/mobile homes (4.5%). Types of Occupied Dwellings • Collective dwellings (hotels), group care facilities and secondary suites comprised of 3.2% of the total occupied housing stock.

Place of Work • A total of 14,398 residents answered the place of work question. Results Of these, 14.5% of residents work in Stony Plain, while 17.4% are employed in Edmonton, 8.1% in Spruce Grove, 5.6% in Parkland County, and 6.6% elsewhere in the Edmonton Region. • A sizable proportion (36.4%) are classified as a stay-at-home Place of Work parent, student, retired, or not employed.

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