Château-Richer
Small town · Quebec · Population 4,425
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27% · 2016: 22.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.3%2016: 17.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.4%2016: 7.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.5%2016: 26.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 29.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.2%2016: 19.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.7%2011: 24.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31%2011: 33.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.7%2016: 29.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.7%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.4%2016: 9.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.7%2016: 18.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29%2016: 30.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26%2016: 26.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.8%2016: 14.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%73.6%2016: 75.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%26.3%2016: 24.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.7%2016: 98%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.5%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.3%2016: 88.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.5%2016: 11.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68.7%2016: 66.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 5.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.5%2016: 6.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.6%2016: 7.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%11.5%2016: 12.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%21.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%97.2%2016: 96.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.6%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.7%2016: 1.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021