Cookshire-Eaton
Small town · Quebec · Population 5,344
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 43 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.7% · 2016: 29.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.3%2016: 18.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.7%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.7%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.5%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21%2016: 18.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.7%2011: 30.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32%2011: 30.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 8.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.3%2016: 27.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.4%2011: 5.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.5%2016: 20.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.5%2016: 21.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.5%2016: 28.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.1%2016: 17%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16.1%2016: 12.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%7.2%2016: 6.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%50.2%2016: 52.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%42.2%2016: 40.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%19.3%2016: 19.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%77.8%2016: 78.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.1%2016: 74.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.9%2016: 26.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.3%2016: 74.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 2.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.9%2016: 5.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.6%2016: 14.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.5%2016: 3.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%39.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.2%2016: 92%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7%2016: 7.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021