Dunham
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,599
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: 45.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.2% · 2016: 24.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 16.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.8%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.5%2016: 19.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.3%2016: 33.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.6%2016: 20.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.5%2011: 27.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.9%2011: 35.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.5%2016: 25.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 5.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.2%2016: 11.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.8%2016: 29.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.3%2016: 23.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.7%2016: 20.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.7%2016: 15.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%6%2016: 6.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%36.5%2016: 37.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%57.1%2016: 55.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%17.9%2016: 18.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%75.2%2016: 76.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.9%2016: 4.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.1%2016: 87%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.6%2016: 13.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.9%2016: 90.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.6%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.9%2016: 5.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.3%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.5%2016: 91.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.5%2016: 4.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.6%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021