Gracefield
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,376
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
- 54.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.9% · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.7%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.6%2016: 8.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.4%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.6%2016: 36.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.6%2016: 24.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15%2011: 19.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.5%2011: 32.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.3%2016: 32.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.3%2011: 10.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%26.9%2016: 30%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.2%2016: 23%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.9%2016: 25.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.8%2016: 15.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.2%2016: 5.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%4.9%2016: 4.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%47%2016: 48.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%48.1%2016: 47.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%9.6%2016: 8.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%87%2016: 88.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3.4%2016: 3.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81%2016: 77.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19%2016: 22.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.9%2016: 85.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.9%2016: 1.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.1%2016: 4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.9%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%29.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.4%2016: 88.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.3%2016: 1.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.7%2016: 9.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021