Hampstead
Small town · Quebec · Population 7,037
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
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.9 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.7% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.8%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.1%2016: 16.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 19.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.3%2016: 17.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%39.7%2011: 39.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.2%2011: 23.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 8.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.6%2016: 21.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.6%2016: 3.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%9.1%2016: 9.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.9%2016: 3.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.6%2016: 15.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%70.5%2016: 68.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%20.5%2016: 20.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%3.9%2016: 4.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%74.6%2016: 74%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 1.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%54.8%2016: 56.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%17.5%2016: 18%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%27.8%2016: 25.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.3%2016: 67%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.9%2016: 33.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50%2016: 49.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.4%2016: 8.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14.7%2016: 13.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.1%2016: 18.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%10%2016: 9.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%46.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%7.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.8%2016: 78.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%11.8%2016: 15.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 3.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 1.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021