Alma
Town · Quebec · Population 30,331
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 48 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 47 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.6% · 2016: 29.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 15.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.3%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25%2016: 21.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.6%2011: 25.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.6%2011: 30.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.5%2016: 33.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.1%2011: 4.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.3%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.3%2016: 15.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.7%2016: 31.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.5%2016: 24.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.1%2016: 15.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%81%2016: 82.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%18.8%2016: 17.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.5%2016: 98.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%2016: 0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.4%2016: 67.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.6%2016: 32.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.8%2016: 50.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.7%2016: 7.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.8%2016: 1.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.7%2016: 14.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.4%2016: 24.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.7%2016: 91.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.5%2016: 6.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021