Chelsea
Small town · Quebec · Population 8,000
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: 42.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.5% · 2016: 24.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.8%2016: 20.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.7%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.4%2016: 37.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.4%2016: 12.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%38%2011: 40.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.6%2011: 29.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.4%2016: 19.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 5.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.9%2016: 5.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%10.4%2016: 12.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.6%2016: 5.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.1%2016: 20.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%62.2%2016: 55.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%20.8%2016: 20.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%8.2%2016: 8.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%70.8%2016: 71%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%43.1%2016: 45.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%46.3%2016: 46.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.6%2016: 8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%92.3%2016: 92.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.7%2016: 7.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.8%2016: 96.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 0.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.5%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%14.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.8%2016: 88.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.6%2016: 4.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 2.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.8%2016: 2.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021