Gaspé
Town · Quebec · Population 15,063
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 50 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.4% · 2016: 24.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 13.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.9%2016: 20.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 34.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.5%2016: 21.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.9%2011: 26.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.9%2011: 29.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 9.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.9%2016: 29.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 8.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.8%2016: 18.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.7%2016: 15.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%20.1%2016: 21.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.4%2016: 28.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.9%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%4.5%2016: 4.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%60.9%2016: 63.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%34.6%2016: 32.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%10.4%2016: 11%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%86.6%2016: 87.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 1.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.8%2016: 72.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.3%2016: 27.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.9%2016: 74.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.7%2016: 2.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.9%2016: 4.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.5%2016: 16.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 94.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 3.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021