Chambly
Town · Quebec · Population 31,444
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
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.4% · 2016: 38.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.4%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.6%2016: 29.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 25.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.3%2016: 12.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.4%2011: 34.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.5%2011: 24.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 11.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.1%2016: 24.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.5%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.9%2016: 7.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.7%2016: 18.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%16.6%2016: 18.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.9%2016: 27.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32%2016: 28%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.1%2016: 0.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%44.6%2016: 47%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%53.8%2016: 52%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.2%2016: 4.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%86.6%2016: 90.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.2%2016: 5.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.2%2016: 76.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.8%2016: 23.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%54.5%2016: 56.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.5%2016: 7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.4%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%32.9%2016: 31.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.3%2016: 82.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.5%2016: 12.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 2.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021