Lamèque
Small town · New Brunswick · Population 1,301
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
- 56 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 54 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
- 25.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 16% · 2016: 15.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.1%2016: 18.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.6%2016: 31.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.4%2011: 19.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.6%2011: 29.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.6%2011: 11.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.9%2016: 31.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.6%2011: 10.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%26.2%2016: 27.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.8%2016: 15.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.5%2016: 17.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30%2016: 26.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10%2016: 13.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.8%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%66.5%2016: 72%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%31.8%2016: 27.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.6%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.3%2016: 98.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2%2016: 0.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.8%2016: 72.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.1%2016: 26.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77.4%2016: 76.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.5%2016: 4.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 3.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.4%2016: 8.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 1.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.9%2016: 85%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.4%2016: 3.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.7%2016: 5.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021