Carleton-sur-Mer
Small town · Quebec · Population 4,081
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
- 52.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.7 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.3% · 2016: 26.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.6%2016: 14.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.5%2016: 8.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.2%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.2%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.3%2016: 24.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.9%2011: 23.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.5%2011: 31.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.7%2016: 34.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5%2011: 5.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.3%2016: 11.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12%2016: 17.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.7%2016: 26.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 25.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.5%2016: 19.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%69.6%2016: 72.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%30.2%2016: 27.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.2%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.2%2016: 97.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.6%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70%2016: 74.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30%2016: 25.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.2%2016: 75.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.2%2016: 5.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.2%2016: 1.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.6%2016: 12.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.7%2016: 93.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.8%2016: 4.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021