Coaticook
Small town · Quebec · Population 8,867
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35% · 2016: 30.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 15.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.2%2016: 23.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.9%2011: 23.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31%2011: 29%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 9.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.7%2016: 33.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.7%2011: 4.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.7%2016: 22.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.9%2016: 22.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.5%2016: 31.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.6%2016: 15.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.1%2016: 8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.4%2016: 1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%60.9%2016: 63%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%37.5%2016: 36%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.1%2016: 4.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92.7%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.2%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.7%2016: 61.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%39.1%2016: 38.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.9%2016: 55.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.1%2016: 8.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%28%2016: 29.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.2%2016: 89.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.4%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7%2016: 9.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021