Brownsburg-Chatham
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,247
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.9% · 2016: 29.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.8%2016: 15.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 10.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.6%2016: 22.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32%2016: 33.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.1%2016: 19.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.7%2011: 25.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.3%2011: 30.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 8.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.1%2016: 30.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.1%2011: 6.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.3%2016: 24.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.8%2016: 22.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%27%2016: 26.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.7%2016: 16.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.3%2016: 9.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%5%2016: 4.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%43.9%2016: 44.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%51.1%2016: 50.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%14.3%2016: 14.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%81.1%2016: 82.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.6%2016: 3.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.6%2016: 75.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.6%2016: 24.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.8%2016: 79.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 1.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.7%2016: 7.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.2%2016: 8.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.8%2016: 2.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.2%2016: 96.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 3.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021