Ayer's Cliff
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,180
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23% (estimated) · 2016: 31.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.3%2016: 20.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 23.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.8%2011: 22.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.1%2011: 30.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 9.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33%2016: 34%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.7%2011: 6.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.7%2016: 12.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.7%2016: 24.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.2%2016: 14.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.8%2016: 24.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.6%2016: 24.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%12.7%2016: 14.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%24.6%2016: 22.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%62.7%2016: 62.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%31.8%2016: 36.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%62.3%2016: 59.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.9%2016: 3.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.7%2016: 84%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.3%2016: 16%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.5%2016: 75.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.8%2016: 4.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 4.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.2%2016: 13.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2011: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%45.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%10.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.8%2016: 88.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.4%2016: 9.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.9%2016: 2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021