A look at Newmarket's changing demographics by the numbers

Yorkregion.com
June 20, 2023

Here’s a by-the-numbers look at Newmarket’s demographics with numbers provided by the Town of Newmarket:

The estimated population in 2022 was 91,481.

The average age of residents was 41.

Households were made up of renters at 24.2 per cent and homeowners at 75.8 per cent

In 2011, only 8.75 per cent of residents didn’t count English or French as their mother tongue. Of those, the most spoken languages were Italian, Russian, Spanish and German. In 2016, English or French wasn’t the primary language for 13.5 per cent of residents. In just five years, there was a shift in language patterns, with Mandarin, Russian, Farsi and Cantonese becoming the most prominent non-official languages spoken. By 2021, the percentage of residents not speaking English or French as their primary language had jumped 10 percentage points, to 23.2 per cent. The most often spoken non-official languages were Mandarin, Iranian, Persian, Russian and Cantonese.

In 2021, 33.4 per cent of residents were immigrants.

Of all immigrants living in Newmarket, 59.4 per cent were from Asia, 26.3 per cent were from Europe, 10.4 per cent were from the Americas and 3.6 per cent were from Africa. Of recent newcomers, 76.7 per cent were from Asia, 9.8 per cent were from Europe, 9.4 per cent were from the Americas, 9.8 per cent were from Europe and 2.9 per cent were from Africa.

Of the 34.9 per cent of residents who self-identified as a visible minority, 10 per cent were of Chinese background. Other backgrounds were South Asian at four per cent, West Asian at seven per cent, Black at three per cent, Filipino at two per cent, Southeast Asian at three per cent, Korean at one per cent and Arab at one per cent.

There were 5.5 per cent multi-generational households in town.

More than 18.5 per cent of 25- to 64-year-olds received their post-secondary education outside of Canada.

In 2016, there were 41.003 jobs in Newmarket. In 2022, that had jumped 17.1 per cent to 48,044.

From 2016 to 2021, Newmarket’s population grew by 4.4 per cent. During that same time, East Gwillimbury’s population skyrocketed 44.4 per cent, Bradford’s jumped 23.9 per cent, Aurora’s climbed 11.9 per cent, King Township’s went up 11.5 per cent and Georgina’s increased 4.9 per cent.

Not surprising given the pandemic, the number of people working from home in 2021 jumped almost fourfold from 2016 when it was 8.7 per cent, to 32.5 per cent in 2021.