Barraute
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,986
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.9 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
- 30.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.7% · 2016: 33.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.9%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.7%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29%2016: 28.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.4%2016: 20.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.4%2011: 25.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.6%2011: 31.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.2%2016: 34.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 2.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.3%2016: 26.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%35.4%2016: 35.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.6%2016: 11.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 6.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%84.2%2016: 84%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.6%2016: 16%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.5%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.7%2016: 98.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.8%2016: 1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.9%2016: 72.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.1%2016: 27.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.7%2016: 70.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.7%2016: 1.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.5%2016: 7.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14%2016: 12.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7%2016: 6.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%38.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.1%2016: 89%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.9%2016: 11%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.7%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021