L'Assomption
Town · Quebec · Population 23,442
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.4% · 2016: 38.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.6%2016: 19.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.7%2016: 26.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.2%2016: 27.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.1%2016: 14.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.5%2011: 32.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.6%2011: 27.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.9%2011: 10.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.7%2016: 23.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.3%2011: 6.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 13.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.8%2016: 20.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.2%2016: 26.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.3%2016: 23.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%62.3%2016: 65.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%37.4%2016: 34.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.1%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%93.7%2016: 95.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.3%2016: 3.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.8%2016: 74%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.2%2016: 26%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%59.7%2016: 60.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.3%2016: 8.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.2%2016: 1.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.3%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.7%2016: 21.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.9%2016: 3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%34.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.3%2016: 92.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.7%2016: 3.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 3.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021