Austin
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,748
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
- 58.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 52.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 56.9 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.5% (estimated) · 2016: 30.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.3%2016: 10.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.4%2016: 6.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.3%2016: 15.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%40.4%2016: 41.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%31.2%2016: 27.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.2%2011: 19.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%48.3%2011: 45.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.4%2011: 3.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.9%2016: 29.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.2%2011: 4.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 13.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.9%2016: 16.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.6%2016: 18%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19%2016: 27%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.3%2016: 24.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%4.9%2016: 5.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%32.3%2016: 36.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%62.6%2016: 58.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%13.4%2016: 14.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%82%2016: 82.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.6%2016: 3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.7%2016: 91%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.3%2016: 8.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%96.5%2016: 97.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.7%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2006: 3.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.9%2016: 95.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.6%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.2%2016: 1.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021