Essex, Ontario Population & Demographics

Statistic	Essex	Ontario	National
Population	22,025	14,804,681	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	75	15	4
Median age	47.3	40.9	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	73%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	42%	46%	43%
Speak English only	93.1%	86.1%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.3%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Essex is 388% higher than Ontario
The median age in Essex is 16% higher than Ontario
In Essex 1.52% of the population is Black
In Essex 0.65% of the population is Filipino
In Essex 0.26% of the population is Chinese

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Black	1.5%
Filipino	0.7%
Chinese	0.3%
South Asian	0.2%
Korean	0.2%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
United States	2.0%
United Kingdom	1.3%
Portugal	1.2%
Netherlands	0.5%
Philippines	0.5%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Essex age breakdown

Source: The Essex, ON data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.