Farnham
Town · Quebec · Population 10,149
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
- 40.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.6% · 2016: 37.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.1%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.6%2016: 23.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.2%2016: 28.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.3%2016: 19.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.8%2011: 24.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 27.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9%2011: 8.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33%2016: 33.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.3%2011: 6.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.3%2016: 24%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.2%2016: 23.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.1%2016: 25.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.8%2016: 19%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.7%2016: 7.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%62.4%2016: 65.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36.6%2016: 33.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.8%2016: 3.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92.9%2016: 94%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.3%2016: 2.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58.8%2016: 59.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41.2%2016: 40.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%53.5%2016: 55.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 4.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8%2016: 8.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%31.2%2016: 28%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.2%2016: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.1%2016: 89.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5%2016: 7.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.7%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021