Ferme-Neuve
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,716
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
- 53.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.7% · 2016: 26.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.5%2016: 13.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.9%2016: 34%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.2%2016: 23.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.8%2011: 25.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.9%2011: 32.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.5%2016: 30.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.7%2011: 2.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%23.3%2016: 28.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.7%2016: 14.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%37.1%2016: 32%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.8%2016: 18.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.1%2016: 6.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%83.7%2016: 86.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.9%2016: 13.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.3%2016: 99.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.9%2011: 0.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.9%2016: 72.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.1%2016: 26.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.8%2016: 75.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.7%2016: 4.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.4%2016: 16%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.1%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 91.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.9%2016: 5.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021