La Pocatière
Small town · Quebec · Population 4,078
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: 48.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.1 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.7% · 2016: 32.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.6%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.3%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.1%2016: 18%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 29.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.6%2016: 27.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.2%2011: 22.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27%2011: 27.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 8.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%46%2016: 43.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.8%2011: 3.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10%2016: 14.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.1%2016: 15.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%19.4%2016: 22.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.3%2016: 28.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.4%2016: 18.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74.7%2016: 79.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%24.9%2016: 20.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.1%2016: 98.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.6%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%53.6%2016: 57.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%46.4%2016: 42.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%48.4%2016: 48.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.5%2016: 6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1%2016: 1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.8%2016: 6.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%37%2016: 36.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.9%2016: 79.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%16.4%2016: 17.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 2.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021