Godmanchester
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,403
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.3% · 2016: 22.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 14.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.7%2016: 21.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.4%2016: 32.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.1%2016: 22.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25%2011: 29.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.5%2011: 32.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.7%2016: 24.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.9%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.3%2016: 15.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34%2016: 34%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.1%2016: 21.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.1%2016: 18.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.8%2016: 11.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%15.7%2016: 17.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%23.8%2016: 24.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%60.1%2016: 58.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%38.4%2016: 39.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%54.1%2016: 55.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.5%2016: 5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.4%2016: 84.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.4%2016: 16.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%90.6%2016: 92.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.4%2016: 3.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 3.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.6%2011: 3.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%47.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%11.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.4%2016: 93.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 3.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 1.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021