Amos
Town · Quebec · Population 12,675
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 44 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.4% · 2016: 35.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 16.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.2%2016: 12%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.6%2016: 23.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.7%2016: 29.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.4%2016: 19.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19%2011: 24.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.8%2011: 27.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.8%2016: 34.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5%2011: 4.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.5%2016: 17.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.3%2016: 16.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.4%2016: 28.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.6%2016: 21.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.2%2016: 16.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%75%2016: 77%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.5%2016: 22.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.3%2016: 97.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59%2016: 60.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41%2016: 39.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.4%2016: 50.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3%2016: 3.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.5%2016: 9.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%30.6%2016: 30.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.3%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.7%2016: 86.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.8%2016: 10.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021