Lac-Drolet
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,067
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
- 53.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.8% · 2016: 22.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.3%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.9%2016: 38.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.8%2016: 22.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.2%2011: 23.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.4%2011: 35.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.1%2011: 7.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.3%2016: 35.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3%2011: 4.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%27.9%2016: 29.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.2%2016: 16.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%23.4%2016: 25.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.1%2016: 19.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.6%2016: 8.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%77.5%2016: 81.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22.5%2016: 18.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.6%2016: 99%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.9%2006: 0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.6%2016: 77.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.4%2016: 22.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.6%2016: 78.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.3%2016: 14.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2011: 3.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%37.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.3%2016: 85.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10.8%2016: 11.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021