Amherst
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,728
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
- 57.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 52.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.2 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.7% · 2016: 33.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.4%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.5%2016: 5.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.2%2016: 16.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.8%2016: 38.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.6%2016: 27.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.3%2011: 15.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.5%2011: 38.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.1%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.8%2016: 38.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 4.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.9%2016: 23.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.6%2016: 23.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.7%2016: 27.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.8%2016: 18.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.5%2016: 8.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%59.1%2016: 60.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%40.3%2016: 38.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.9%2016: 4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92.5%2016: 92.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.6%2016: 3.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.9%2016: 81%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.7%2016: 19%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.4%2016: 92.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 0.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.1%2016: 4.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.1%2016: 92.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 5.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021