Deschambault-Grondines
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,235
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.3% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 15.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.8%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.9%2016: 33.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.3%2016: 19.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.6%2011: 25%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.5%2011: 30.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.4%2016: 34.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.3%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.2%2016: 9.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.4%2016: 17.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%31.7%2016: 31.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.7%2016: 23.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.1%2016: 19.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%67.1%2016: 71.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%32.4%2016: 28.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.5%2016: 98.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.8%2016: 0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.2%2016: 75.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.8%2016: 24%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.6%2016: 75.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.8%2016: 4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.4%2016: 1.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 4.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.9%2016: 13.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%37.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.4%2016: 91%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.4%2016: 5.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021